New Year’s Celebrations, Nozawa Onsen And just like that, we’ve reached the end of Year. Lots of snow forecast into the New Year and a few really heavy days, we can’t think of a better way to end the year. If you happen to be in Nozawa to see in the New Year with us, there are a few things to do around town. The bonus is that skiing and sake are involved – but perhaps not at the same time! There are generally two options for New Year’s Eve in Nozawa; Night skiing and fireworks on the Nagasaka Slopes under the main Gondola. Or a more mellow night at the shrine and temple area just up from O-yu. New […]
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Nozawa Amazing Season Ahead
Nozawa Amazing Season Ahead The Snow Gods have definitely come out to play in Nozawa! Still dumping in Nozawa this morning and we have smashed through the 200cm base up top and another ” Magic Foot ” overnight. Temp at top; -10C New Snow Since Close; 30cm Base at Top; 200cm Weather; Heavy snow and lots of Powder! Amazing cold deep fluffy powder across the resort yesterday and will be even deeper today. More people coming in to town for the New Years holidays but still lots of fresh lines to be had. The forecast is looking good too with a bit of Sunshine tomorrow and Tuesday morning before another good size fall on Tuesday night. Cold temps […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 29th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 29th December 2018 Fresh Snow Continues To Fall and Fall… As mentioned yesterday, we had what we might call a late start to the season. That’s all totally forgotten about now though! After the 35cm fall we awoke to yesterday, followed by the 30cm during the day, it has snowed some more. Right now, as of 9 am today, it continues to snow heavily, both on the mountain and in the village. Winter has certainly returned ladies and gents! So this is what we’re looking at this morning; Temp at top; -10C New Snow Since Close; 15cm Base at Top; 150cm Weather; Heavy snow (9 am) We’re seeing some serious snow now. The base up top […]
Nozawa Snow Report 28/12 – Winter Has Arrived!
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 28th December 2018 Winter Has Arrived! If we compare this season to the early start we got last year, then perhaps we might feel like it has been a bit slow. Despite a few decent dumps and a healthy amount of snow up top of Mount Kenashi, we hadn’t seen what we coulc call “heaps”. Until now, that is… Officially, we got 35cm up top overnight (although there must have been about that much at village level) and more than 5cm since 8 am (as of 10:15 am). There’s set to be snowfall of some amount on every day of the week to come. In fact, it’s snowing right now. feels great to be alive! The […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 27th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 27th December 2018 …And so it starts! There’s been a somewhat modest amount of snowfall on top of the mountain overnight. The good news, however, is that the 5cm we did receive is merely a small indicator of what is to come. Down here in the village it’s just started to fall over the past half an hour or so. Again, a sign of the good things in store for us. Let’s check out an update of the snow forecast for the top of Mount Kenashi. As we can clearly see, there’s an odds-on chance there’ll be quite a few snow shovels in action tomorrow morning! Temp at top; -3C New Snow Since Close; 5cm Base […]
Meet the Rental crew 18/19
Name: Eri Tominaga Butterfield Shop Name: Mama Wolf Role: Rental Supervisor Nationality: Japanese How many seasons: 3rd season Favourite run: Forest trail Ski or board: Board Favourite board/ski: Something easy Best thing about Nozawa: FOOD Hidden talent: Hula dancer Favourite Quote: 猿も木から落ちる Name: Ryan Butterfield Shop Name: Papa Wolf Role: Rental Co Manager Nationality: Scottish How many seasons: 14 Favourite run: Anywhere through the trees Ski or board: If it slides I will ride it Favourite board/ski: Depends on the snow Best thing about Nozawa: Tree runs, local food and amazing scenery Hidden talent: Can make a pack of TIm Tams disappear in less than a minute Favourite Quote: “Water which is too pure has no fish” Name: Zach […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report Christmas Day 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report Christmas Day 2018 We must have been good this year… Us folks here in Nozawa Onsen must have been well behaved throughout this year. Not only did Santa top us up with 5cm on Mount Kenashi overnight, but he also brought us crystal clear conditions early this morning. That’s before we even mention that there’s plenty to be excited about on the forecast. Thursday night looks as though it’s going to make Friday a pretty epic day. Starting tomorrow night, the forecast suggests it may not stop snowing up top, right through the weekend and beyond. We have indeed made Santa’s “nice” list! What’s Christmas Day Looking Like on the Mountain? Temp at top; 2C New […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 24th December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 24th December 2018 It’s snowing today! Will we see a grey, blue or white Christmas? The above is a slightly complicated question. As ever, snow forecasts are never one hundred per cent accurate as Mother Nature enjoys making fun of us. At the time of writing, however, it looks as though Christmas Day will be the only day of this week where we don’t see snowfall. That might sound like slightly bad news but we’ve always got the option of looking at the other side of the coin. Which, of course, means we’re going to get some serious snow! Not only that but the forecast for Christmas Day is for blue skies and sunshine. Not bad, […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 23rd December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 23rd December 2018 It’s going to be a big week! There are big things in store for the top of the mountain overnight, if the forecasters are correct. At the time of writing, we’re looking at well into the double digits both tonight and tomorrow morning. Whether or not that makes its way down to the village, we’ll just have to wait and see. But that shouldn’t matter for those of us heading up top! Beyond tomorrow, as we mentioned yesterday, there is something big in store for Thursday and Friday. Winter has been slightly slow in reaching us this season but fear not, it looks set to make up for it very soon. Temp at […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 22nd December 2018
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 22nd December 2018 The Future Looks White! At this stage, it’s difficult to tell exactly what this morning’s fog will reveal when it lifts. What we do know is that the forecast is an extremely healthy one – not only for the end of this weekend but next week too. What are we referring to exactly? Let’s just take a quick look at the forecast to come for the top of the mountain… As we can see, tomorrow night looks like it will bring gifts before Christmas really comes to town on the 27th. A nice sunny Christmas Day in the middle. Temp at top; 2C (8am)New Snow Since Close; 0cmBase at Top; 80cmWeather; Cloudy Slopes […]