Fresh Nozawa Onsen Snow Tuesday 20th of March 2018 Temp at Top: -4℃ Weather: Foggy Base at top: 260cm Base at Uenotaira station: 180cm New snow since close: 5cm The image above shows the fog flowing over the mountains around Nozawa. It was a cool, foggy morning with light snow falling across the resort and down in the village. Five centimetres was reported to have fallen up top overnight and conditions are set to clear up this afternoon. When you stand on top of Mount Kenashi in Nozawa and look out, there’s not a sign of civilisation as far as the eye can see. Just peak after endless peak. There’s also very few people to share the views and the snow […]
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Nozawa Onsen Snow Report – Monday 19th of March, 2018
Snow on the Horizon in Nozawa Onsen Monday 19th of March 2018 Temp at Top: 1℃ Weather: Cloudy Base at top: 260cm Base at Uenotaira station: 180cm New snow since close: 0cm There’s a bit of good news and a bit of not-as-good news today but I’m choosing to view things as glass-half-full. The forecasts tell us we’ll see more than 10 centimetres of fresh snow this time tomorrow at the top of the mountain. There’s also set to be a few cm on the bottom slopes. Those few centimetres at village level are unfortunately said to be accompanied by some rain. At present, however, it’s so light it’s almost non-existent. Conditions up top are still great to be up […]
Perfect Spring Day In Nozawa
Another Perfect Spring Day in Nozawa Onsen Sunday 18th of March 2018 Temp at Top: 8℃ Weather: Sunny Base at top: 260cm Base at Uenotara station: 180cm New snow since close: 0cm Winter returned to Nozawa Onsen yesterday. However, today we’re again reminded that it is in fact spring. It’s definitely a lot warmer today, both in town and on the mountain. That doesn’t mean we should be breaking out the t-shirts just yet. After enjoying about four or five centimetres of fresh snow yesterday, it looks as though we could be blessed with a considerable amount more in the coming week. While the current temperature up at the top of the mountain is said to be hovering around 8 […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report for 16th of March, 2018
A Change in Conditions in Nozawa Onsen Friday 16th of March 2018 Temp at Top: 0℃ Weather: Light snow/rain Base at top: 260cm Base at Uenotara station: 180cm New snow since close: 0 cm The clouds cleared yesterday to reveal yet another brilliant Spring day. The snow was still quite fast and gave us a fantastic Magic March day on the mountain. Conditions have changed a little overnight, however, that is not necessarily a bad thing at all. We awoke to a light drizzle of rain in the village which has turned in to light snow intermittently as the morning goes on. According to the forecast, the temperature gauge will continue to drop today and perhaps bring a few centimetres […]
Another Magic March day in Nozawa Onsen
Another Magic March day in Nozawa Onsen Thursday 15th of March 2018 Temp at Top: 7℃ Weather: Partly cloudy Base at top: 265cm Base at Uenotara station: 190cm New snow since close: 0 cm It’s another warm Magic March day here in Nozawa Onsen and a great day to be out and about and up on the mountain. The temperature is forecast to max out at around 7 degrees which means great conditions for those heading up skiing or boarding today. Yesterday followed the trend of the past week with everyone enjoying sunshine on the slopes. Magic March continues to provide fantastic Spring Skiing. That trend looks set to continue for the most part, however, there could be a few […]
Nozawa Snow Report Wednesday 21st of February 2018
We woke up to snowfall again! (10cm overnight) It’s always a good sign when the road to the Gondola is covered with snow in the morning. It seems we are on a snowfall, sunshine, snowfall, sunshine, snowfall, sunshine repeat patten of weather at the moment as we have sunshine predicted for tomorrow and then snow again the following day. The longer range forecast at this stage has sunshine at the beginning of next week, then what looks to be a heavy snow dump in the second half of the week. Lets hope that prediction holds as it would be a great start to March. Have a great day up there, stay safe and we’ll see you on the mountain! Wednesday […]
Never Summer Snowboards have arrived at Nozawa Central Rentals
Snowboards Nozawa Rentals With Nozawa’s amazing snow conditions we are finding more and more call for premium level snow boards and visitors are pushing themselves harder in the powder and on the piste. As we posted earlier in the season we got a big shipment of Jones Powder Boards in to the store but felt we needed to compliment our Premium range with some all mountain snowboards. That’s where the Never Summer range has come in. Never Summer’s reputation of quality and durability began in the early years of snowboarding. Designing and building snowboards since 1983 each board is carefully handcrafted in Denver, Colorado, with factory precision tolerance and a unique hand crafted feel. We have a great range from […]
Fire Festival Log Carry
Fire Festival Log Carry Watch the towns men on their journey down the mountain through town in the Fire Festival Log Carry. The preparation for the fire festival begins the summer beforehand, when the village men cut down the ceremonial tree. The log carry is then held on the 13th of January. The men carry the log from Hikage Gondola station past the Nagasaka Gondola Station, and then down towards the site of the fire festival at the bottom of the village. There is no mechanical power to move this giant log along the epic path – just good-old fashioned man power and rope. However, the men do have some help – you can see men walking with the procession […]
December to Remember Nozawa Onsen
Floating in Heaven in Nozawa. The December to Remember continues… Base at top: 195 cm Temp at Top: -1 Degrees Base at Uenotaira station: 190 cm New snow since close: 35 cm Weather: Clearing and sunny day ahead amazing conditions! Wow, what a perfect storm that was with Nozawa Onsen scoring about 100cm out of it in just over 24 hours. Was still snowing late last night and just started to clear when we surfaced this morning. Almost 2 meter base up the top now and the resort reporting 35cm of fresh snow overnight. It is going to be nothing short of epic on the slopes today folks. The snow just kept coming yesterday and tracks were getting filled as […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report Sunday 10th December
Groomers ready to rumble for the Season ahead in Nozawa Base at top: 70 cm Temp at Top: 3 Degrees Base at Uenotaira station: 50 cm New snow since close: 0 cm Weather: Clear start but clouds forming Pretty start to the day here in Nozawa this morning. No new snow to report but will be a great day on the slopes. Clouds are forming but we aren’t expecting any new snow until tomorrow night. Yesterday was a magnificent day up there with the fresh snow nice weather. Lots of people just arriving in town were pretty excited. The `forecast ahead is still looking good with falls all week and a bigger one this time next week if comes […]