Base up top: 380 cm Temperature; 0 Degrees Base at bottom; 280 cm New Snow: 10 cm up top If you are considering a day off then today may be your day. Bad news is it is raining in the Village at the moment, has been most of the night. Rain on a ski[…]
Base up top: 400 cm Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 290 cm New Snow: 0 cm Experiencing a bit of a spike on the thermometer in Nozawa this morning. Currently 5 degrees at the front door and expected to stay warmish throughout today. The weather is coming in from the south[…]
Base up top: 410 cm Temperature; -5 Degrees Base at bottom; 310 cm New Snow: 15cm Snow at night and sun during the day that’s what we like to see! Has been a while since we had that pattern in Nozawa. Most of the time has been just snowing, which is not[…]
Base up top: 420 cm Temperature; -7 Degrees Base at bottom; 315 cm New Snow: 2cm Yesterday was the goods as far as ski days go with all the elements coming together there were lots of very happy people rolling down the slopes. Did not get any snow overnight for a change,[…]
Base up top: 460 cm Temperature; -12 Degrees Base at bottom; 315 cm New Snow: 75cm The snow started dumping around sunset last night and within about 3 hours we had accumulated over 30cm. It was heavy and beautiful to watch as everything just got completely covered in the white powder. It kept going[…]
Base up top: 415 cm Temperature: -12 Degrees Base at bottom: 315 cm New Snow: 38cm There was 30+ centimetres of snow again overnight in Nozawa Onsen. It is just part of the routine now to wake up and clear a foot of snow off everything before the day begins! Imagine waking up and[…]
Hard to believe January is over and it was one of the snowiest we have had for a while. There were not many days that it did not snow in January! Looks like February has taken over where January left off with snow cascading pretty heavily from the sky today too. The last two years[…]
Has been a while but yesterday afternoon the sun burst on to the stage to create a magic day on the slopes. With a 420cm base, a good overnight dump and very few crowds the stage was set for perfection. Snow conditions were excellent under foot on the groomers and up on the slopes of[…]
Hard to believe but still snowing in Nozawa and has not stopped. This is one of the most consistent runs of heavy snowfall I can remember. Who knows if it keeps up we may challenge the next record of 530cm base set on February 5th 2006. The forecast is showing more moderate to heavy falls[…]
Another 30cm of snow overnight has fallen and we now have a 420cm base in place with no end in sight. It is still snowing heavily this morning. Believe that gives us one of the biggest snow bases in Japan at the moment. We had a few pauses in the snow last night but they[…]
