Image by Mountain Swell Photography Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 28th January 2019 Anybody who was on the mountain yesterday knows what a day it was. Pretty epic! It’s almost like today is offering us a little bit of respite and time to recover from all the excitement. That’s not to say that today isn’t a[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 27th January 2019 It seems as though the mountains of snow which were forecast to fall overnight came a little early. We saw in excess of 60 centimetres fall between open and close yesterday, with only 25 centimetres overnight. Of course, we’d be hard to please being disappointed about 25 cm.[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 26th January 2019 Today, whether it’s Australia Day or whatever you’re deciding to call it, is a day of celebration in Nozawa Onsen. Why are we celebrating? Could it be all the white stuff falling from the sky all morning? Or could it be the forecast promising monstrous things to come?[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 25th January 2019 We’ve seen a bit of a reoccurring trend this season. Basically, whatever the forecast says, we’ll get more. Yesterday, we got double and ended up with over 60 centimetres. There’s said to be another 70 centimetres or so tonight so if that trend continues then who knows what[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 24th January 2019 Remember the slow start we had to this season? No, me either. It’s a long distant memory now smothered in metres of snow. A reported 40 centimetres fell up top overnight. While that sounds pretty epic in itself, there’s still plenty more to come over the next week.[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 21st January 2019 The official count is 35 centimetres of fresh snow at the top of Mount Kenashi overnight. To be fair though, it sure feels like more than that. Either way, there’s a fair bit in it for powder lovers today. To put the icing on that already sugary cake,[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 20th January 2019 There was no recorded snowfall on the mountain overnight. Despite that, we have absolutely zero to be down about. The forecasters are predicting good things ahead. Very good things! As tiny little bits of white stuff start to fall out of the sky (10:15 am) it’s a sign[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 19th January 2019 Blue sky in Nozawa today, ladies and gents. It complements the 20 centimetres we had overnight quite well indeed! It looks as though today might be the only blue we see for a bit. There’s somewhere around the 1.5 metre-mark predicted to fall during the next week. If[…]
A Foot and Falling, Nozawa Snow Report, 18/1/2019 Isn’t great to wake up to days like this? We’ve seen that magic foot overnight and it’s still falling. Giving white fluffy clouds an extra silver lining is what’s to come. The forecasters predict much of the same for most of the week to come. There could[…]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 17th January 2019 Just the tiniest amount up top overnight but one centimetre is way better than no centimetres, right? The sun is currently in the process of forcing the clouds aside and blue sky behind is brilliant. It looks like it should be a cracker of a day on the[…]
