Latest News from Nozawa Onsen

Base up top: 380 cm           Temperature; -7 Degrees Base at bottom; 240 cm New Snow: 0 cm                           Weather; Sunny Great night in Town last night, with a good vibe all around the Village. Up on the Hikage slopes the fire works and torch run were spectacular and could be seen from all over the resort. Beautiful clear skies again today and pretty cold up top at -7 degrees. Should make the groomers pretty fast, which will be perfect for the racing getting underway today. It is going to be another nice day. Bound to warm up soften as the day gets on. […]

Base up top: 380 cm           Temperature; -4 Degrees Base at bottom; 250 cm New Snow: 5 cm                           Weather; Sunny Starting to get used to these warmer sunny days in Nozawa. Went up to the kid’s park today for a play and there were kids everywhere having a ball. Preparations were under way for tonight’s Festival and looking good. There was also a lot of action over on the Kandaha racecourse with a big downhill race meet starting tomorrow. So quite a buzz around town. Crowds not as big as past weekends but with 6000 guests recorded not too bad. On the mountain […]

Base up top: 385 cm                 Temperature; 2 Degrees Base at bottom; 250 cm New Snow: 0 cm                           Weather; Overcast   Not one of our finer days today in Nozawa We have grey skies hovering over the Village this morning. Have been copping some rain down low but a few people coming down have confirmed it is snowing quite heavy up top with limited visibility.   Still pretty wet though with temps a bit too warm. They are forecast to drop throughout today so should see some snow even at Village level tonight.   Yesterday was a glorious day on […]

Base up top: 390 cm                  Temperature; – 3 Degrees Base at bottom; 265 cm New Snow: 0 cm                           Weather; Sunny Sorry for the late update was too good a day to be sitting in front of a computer! Sunny day in Nozawa today and beautiful views across the valley. The sun came out yesterday afternoon and the light was amazing, cruising down the mountain yesterday was superb. Snow quality was great too just the south facing slopes were getting a bit soft Today will be fun on the slopes and the wind is pretty much non-existent Ahead now is looking like lots of snow up top but rain down low as the freezing level is a bit […]

Base up top: 395 cm                  Temperature; – 4 Degrees Base at bottom; 280 cm New Snow: 7 cm                           Weather; Snowing lightly Snowing lightly outside my window this morning. A little on the wet side and not making much impact but should be showing some dividends up higher. Hear it is even snowing in Tokyo today! Yesterday was the goods on the mountain with fresh snow and clear skies. It was cold too up top, got a bit of a facial headache cruising down to Uenotaira. Have had a few amazing days here with the consistent snow on Monday then the bluebird folks here got to see Nozawa at its best. The conditions were almost as good as […]

Base up top: 400 cm                  Temperature; – 7 Degrees Base at bottom; 290 cm New Snow: 20 cm                           Weather; Bluebird Sunny Day We put in an order for sunshine and it has been delivered this morning. Beautiful sunny day here with about 20cm of fresh on top of yesterdays fall, it is going to be an amazing day on the slopes. It snowed most of the day yesterday getting heavy at times and eased after dark. So will be plenty of fresh tracks up for grabs today. The base has hit the 400cm mark again, which is terrific with just one more day to go until March! Had a bunch of people glowing when they came down […]

Base up top: 390 cm                  Temperature; – 9 Degrees Base at bottom; 280 cm New Snow: 22 cm                           Weather; Snowing Has been snowing all day here in Nozawa and is heavy at the moment. A few very happy people have rolled down raving about knee-deep powder up top! Not bad when they predicted only 4cm! Just a continuation from yesterday really although I did see a few stars come out late last night. Thought the blue bird may have come early but not a lot of blue out there today. Tomorrow though a bird may swoop in and should be an amazing day on the slopes with fresh snow and sunshine. Biting cold up top today but […]

Base up top: 380 cm                  Temperature; 0 Degrees Base at bottom; 265 cm New Snow: 20 cm                           Weather; Snowing Almost time to clear the driveway again in Nozawa today. Has been snowing pretty heavy most of the morning with some big flakes floating from the sky. There were some pretty excited people around the breakfast table this morning as the snow started to accumulate. Yesterday was almost 2 different mountains top and bottom. With the temps a bit marginal down low was a bit slushy but up top was good. The mercury has shrunk down below zero now so should be nice conditions all over. Last night was pretty special in town with the Lantern and Snowman […]

Base up top: 365 cm                  Temperature; 0 Degrees Base at bottom; 250 cm New Snow: 9 cm                           Weather; Snowing The snow and winter vibe has returned to Nozawa today. Still not super cold and not heavy but heard snow sliding of my roof in the early hours of this morning, always nice to hear. Up on the slopes looks like 10cm has been deposited so far and set to snow a bit over the next few days with the temps dropping. Was an eventful evening last night with 4 skiers lost up on the mountain after dark. Two different groups, fortunately all were found eventually, the last one just before midnight. Lucky for them they had a […]

Base up top: 360 cm                  Temperature; -3 Degrees Base at bottom; 250 cm New Snow: 5 cm                           Weather; Mixed bag Woke up to a bit of light snow falling outside the window this morning. It did not eventuate into much though with about 5cm being recorded across the resort. Made for a little bit of fun up top though with the temps dropping a bit and the sun even beamed thru later this afternoon. Was a weird sort of a day with decent visibility down low and good up high but thick fog in the middle around Uenotaira. Heard a few guys went off course and got lost in the fog heading in the direction if Sakaemura. […]