Latest News from Nozawa Onsen

Base up top: 280 cm                  Temperature; -3 Degrees Base at bottom; 185 cm New Snow: 0 cm Yesterday was the day over 300cm base, 30cm of fresh, sun was out and the slopes were empty! I got the last Gondola up for the day at 3:30pm and when arrived at the top there were only a handful of people hanging around Yamabiko. Just took the one run down Skyline home and had it to myself not another soul to be seen and with the sun set over Myoko it was superb! Today there was a bit of light snow falling in the Village this morning but the sun is out and blue skies are covering the resort now. It […]

Base up top: 310 cm                  Temperature; -10 Degrees Base at bottom; 200 cm New Snow: 35 cm Mother Nature hit us pretty hard yesterday evening with almost 30cm of snow falling in around 3 Hours, was spectacular to watch. The snow piled up pretty quick. Then this morning the sun came out and provided us with a magic day. Conditions on the slopes are as good as it gets and some of the powder runs were beautiful. On piste too was great with a bit of powder on top of the groomed. It has started to snow lightly again now and should continue throughout the day then we are in for another fairly decent fall tomorrow night and light […]

Base up top: 265 cm                  Temperature; -4 Degrees Base at bottom; 180 cm New Snow: 10 cm After two relatively clear days in Nozawa Onsen people were wondering where the snow is! Today it has returned, not real heavy but spurts of decent falls and already about 15cm has collected. Think we should get another 15cm at least out of this system. Has been  a nice break to clear the decks before the next dump. Then tomorrow is showing a blue bird day followed by a few days of moderate falls thru to the weekend. This weekend is the famous Fire Festival on the 15th of January and already things are starting to get organized. Good friend of ours […]

Base up top: 280 cm                  Temperature; -3 Degrees Base at bottom; 185 cm New Snow: 2 cm For the first time in a while we saw a few stars in Nozawa last night. It was a full moon too so with all the white snow everything looked really bright, was pretty nice. Woke up this morning thinking we were in for some sun but it was still snowing lightly. Has fined up a bit now and should be a nice day on the slopes. Yesterday was great conditions again but one of our busier days so far with even a few lift lines appearing! Some of the guys decided to head to near by Togari Ski Resort today in […]

Base up top: 300 cm                  Temperature; -8 Degrees Base at bottom; 200 cm New Snow: 30 cm Wooo! We have dived into the 300cm mark in Nozawa Onsen officially today. Happened a little quicker than I thought as yet again last night we received close to 30cm on the slopes! It seems like a given to wake up with a solid dump of new snow on the doorstep. Checked back a few years for base at around this time and the average has been about 190cm so we are well above that now. 2010 we were at similar levels and in 2006 we had a whopping 475cm! Today is relatively clear compared to the past few days, but still […]

Base up top: 290 cm                  Temperature; -7 Degrees Base at bottom; 195 cm New Snow: 37 cm Snowed again in Nozawa for most of the night depositing another Magic Foot of fresh powder on the slopes for this morning. Still snowing in the village now and about another 10cm has accumulated since this morning. Conditions on the mountain are nothing short of sublime for the powder hungry. A few people have already rolled down the hill and have tales of straight lining it down slopes in waist deep powder and plenty of face shots. For a long weekend crowds are not too bad either. The sun is doing its best to make an appearance but losing the battle with […]

Base up top: 275 cm                  Temperature; -2 Degrees Base at bottom; 190 cm New Snow: 20 cm Apologies for the late snow report, I was not up getting mind blowing powder runs unfortunately. Instead was taking advantage of the break in the snow to clear our roof, still thrilling waist deep powder but nowhere near as much fun! This is the second time this season have been up on the roof and we are not even 1 month into it! In a normal season I would maybe only need to do it once so shows how much snow we have had this year. Have to get a dump truck to get all the snow taken away. Imagine if we […]

Base up top: 280 cm                  Temperature; -8 Degrees Base at bottom; 190 cm New Snow: 30 cm Has not stopped snowing in Nozawa now for 24 Hours. The magic foot we mentioned yesterday has doubled with 60cm falling in that time. We are going to have to start calling it the magic 2 foot! Will be more amazing deep powder conditions for the brave today. It is blizzard conditions outside at the moment and just heard they have temporarily closed the Nagasaka Gondola due to high winds. The Hikage is operating so can still make your way to the top for fresh tracks. Yesterday was dumping all day and most runs groomed or otherwise were powder runs by lunchtime. […]

Base up top: 245 cm                  Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 175 cm New Snow: 30 cm It is coming down again in Nozawa Onsen with almost 30cm or as we like to call it the “Magic Foot” falling again in the last few hours. The dump we were expecting last night was delayed and the deluge began at about 7 am this morning. It has been bucketing ever since and everything quickly got blanketed. The runs were amazing as even though they had been groomed most have now got at least 30cm of fresh snow on top. Not so many tracks about today so fresh slopes were on offer in many spots. Always know when it is going […]

Base up top: 240 cm                  Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 160 cm New Snow: 10 cm Snowed fairly consistently yesterday getting heavy at times. Then, as forecast was a beautiful start to the day today with sunshine and good powder coverage on the slopes. A few of the guys got on the Gondola first thing this morning and hit up some of the steeper ungroomed runs early for first tracks. They said was waist deep in spots and beautiful conditions. A bit if a news worthy event last night in Nozawa, when 3 snowboarders went missing. They were not found until 8am this morning by a helicopter over the back on the way to Maguse Onsen. Looks like […]