nozawa onsen skiing

Nozawa you are Beautiful Nozawa Snow report 10/2/2020 Snowfalls ease, but not for long! Temperature up top: -10 degrees New snow since close: 10 cm Base at top: 265 cm Snow conditions: Powder Weather: Valley fog, Partly cloudy up high Good morning all. And so we repeat the cycle. It’s a foggy morning down here in the village with the hills and peaks piercing through the valley fog. What a lucky week it’s been! It’ll be excellent across the whole mountain today, both on and off piste. The groomers are silky smooth and the off piste zones have filled in quite nicely during the recent storm cycles. Yamabiko trees have begun to open up much more, especially after this last […]

February Snow Nozawa Onsen Nozawa Magic Strikes Again! The Forecast said maybe 30cm and we got almost double that with 55cm recorded overnight in Nozawa. That was up top but it feels like almost as much in the village! Set to continue snowing all day but hopefully easing. It is going to be deep! The base now also jumped to 260cm which puts us now ahead of the 2015/16 season where we got a peak of 245cm from memory. So the season is looking to be back on track thanks to some of that old Nozawa Magic. Stay safe out there folks on the slopes and roads. Have an amazing day and hope to see you up there. If keen […]

Book Holiday Nozawa Onsen You could have been here yesterday in Nozawa!   But today won’t be too bad either. Yesterday was one of the most picture perfect ski days I have seen in Nozawa for a while. 80cm of fresh snow had fallen and then the sun came out and the skies were so clear everything felt like there was an extra dimension to it, Check out a few of the scenes here be sure to scroll thru. Book Holiday Nozawa Onsen Snowing again in Nozawa today and is going to get heavy. Should snow the next few days. Not too late to make it up this season. Click here for a quote Book Holiday Nozawa Onsen Come and […]

Great Day Nozawa Onsen Temperature up top: -13 degrees New snow since close: 25 cm Base at top: 235 cm Snow conditions: Powder Weather: Clear Good morning all. As the day dawns we’ve got some sensational conditions down here in Nozawa Onsen village. The sky is clear and cold, off in the distance Myoko is rising out of some meandering valley fog and while it didn’t snow much last night, it did snow quite a lot since last lifts yesterday. So expect the mountain to be completely refreshed. With the clear conditions and fresh snow it’ll be A+ up there. Yesterday was a great day on the hill. It remained very cold and snowed heavily for the duration bringing the […]

Week Day Skiing Nozawa Waiting for Big Wednesday in Nozawa  Was thinking we may wake up to heavy snow fall this morning but at this stage there is just scattered cloud above and even patches of blue skies. It was a crystal clear sky when went to bed last night and the stars were shining. With no cloud cover last night it is nice and cold this morning in town, the mercury on my doorstep showing -5 degrees. Looking at the charts and it is all going to change around lunch time and “ Big Wednesday” should begin with heavy snow predicted all day and night, continuing lightly tomorrow.  Week Day Skiing Nozawa  Todays Snow Report from Nozawa Onsen  Temperature […]

Big dump expected Nozawa Prelude to the Kiss in Nozawa  Waking up to snow in the village this morning, just light but a nice kind of unexpected top up. Everyone had their eyes on the prize of this “Siberian Dream” that is set to engulf us in a snow globe from tomorrow so didn’t really see this little fall coming. Set to snow the rest of this morning and we should end up with about 10cm on the piste which will make for a great day. But it is really only an introduction to what lies ahead, tomorrow if the forecast is on the money we should get around 50cm and then even more from Friday night.  Big dump expected […]

Book Holiday Nozawa Onsen Fairytale like day on the slopes of Nozawa  It doesn’t get much prettier up there than yesterday with the fresh snow from the day before nesting in the trees and bathed in glorious sunshine, it was nothing short of spectacular.  My kids were calling the trees “ Frozen Broccoli “ The snow quality was also terrific and so were the smiles. Anyway will let the photos do the talking.  Todays Snow Report from Nozawa Onsen  Temperature up top: -5 degrees New snow since close: 0cm  Base at top: 170 cm Snow conditions:  Another spectacular day on the cards again today Weather: Beautiful clear skies and snow expected tonight  Looking like a repeat of yesterday with the […]

February looking Good Nozawa Sunny Sunday ahead for Nozawa  Wow still recovering from the amazing last few days in Nozawa. Yesterday played out pretty perfectly with snow falling most of the morning and with the 25cm of fresh overnight made for a pretty special day. Then the sun came out in the afternoon and blessed us all with a picture perfect afternoon. It was pretty busy up there with the weekend crowd but most will be off back to Tokyo this afternoon and with all other holidays winding up it should be a pretty quiet and snowy week ahead. Todays Snow Report from Nozawa Onsen  Temperature up top: -5 degrees New snow since close: 0cm  Base at top: 175 cm […]

February Snow Nozawa Onsen Two Magic Feet are better then One! Another 25cm of fresh snow reported overnight for Nozawa Onsen bringing the total so far of this snow storm to 60cm! Base now at the peak so far this season with 175cm up at Yamabiko this morning. Still snowing pretty heavy right now down in the village so we should see that number increase a bit throughout the day! It is going to be a really awesome Nozawa style day on the slopes so don’t spend too much time on your phone and get up into the powder!  Todays Snow Report from Nozawa Onsen  Temperature up top: -7 degrees New snow since close: 25cm  Base at top: 175 cm […]