Morning from Nozawa.

I was away for a few days and I missed the light snow that was falling in the village while I was gone, and apparently a 10cm layer of fresh snow up top as well according to the resort. Nice. Can't expect much at this stage of the season and so it's always welcome. People who got to ride on that will have felt lucky.

It may very well also be the last of the season.

The frosted trees makes for a very fine contrast with the cherry blossoms down in the village area. Ah, sakura!

Back to skiing and snowboarding and the resort is now very much 'top area only'. You get the Nagasaka Gondola up there and back down at the end of the day.

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Official info at time of writing on Tuesday 12th April 2016 (subject to change):

Official snow depths:

Yamabiko: 80cm
Uenotaira: 25cm
Hikage: 0cm
Nagasaka: 0cm
Karasawa: 0cm

The following courses plan to be open:

Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Kokenashi
Bunabayashi

The following lifts plan to be operating:

Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko Number 2 Four

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Nozawa Onsen 6 day weather and snow forecast

Nozawa Onsen main resort data