Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 12 April 2017

The Joy of seeing your first snow fall!

Base at top: 305 cm
Temp at Top: -1 Degrees
Base at Uenotaira station: 205 cm
New snow since close: 5cm
Weather: Wintery conditions with fog and light snow

Looks like Winter is having a last hurrah in Nozawa today with the freezing level dropping and below zero temps up top. Has been raining in the Village but one of our guests Emma visiting from Bangkok just came back down all excited about seeing some snow flakes up at Yamabiko and posted this photo!

Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 12 April 2017

Was not a pristine day up there by any means but most of the guests visiting at the moment are stoked to see some white stuff fall from the sky. Temps are set to get a bit colder into tonight and then we should see some sunshine tomorrow and warming up again on Friday for a sunny spring like weekend.

Lifts in operation are the Nagasaka Gondola and both the Yamabiko Lifts. Still possible to ski top to bottom and can do the beginner runs of Yunomine and get back on the Gondola at the mid station. If ski all the way down the home trail or Challenge there is a shuttle from the bottom back to the Nagasaka Gondola.

The few skiers and boarders up there are happy to have the mountain to themselves and experience a taste of winter in April!