It's going to be another warm and sunny day today here in Nozawa, though things are about to change as rainfall is expected this evening and to continue through into the weekend. The big question remains.... will it snow? It does looks like we may well get a bit of fresh snow in the village, with very decent chances of fresh snow on the open upper slopes.

Once we get into next week we should be back into warmer and sunny conditions.

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Thursday 3rd April 2014:

Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 300cm
Uenotaira - 220cm

Lifts
Planned operating lifts for today (weekday operations):
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko Number 2 Four
Uenotaira Four
Yu Road

Courses
Planned courses to be open:
Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Yamabiko E
Uenotaira
Paradise
Bunabayashi
Schneider
Utopia
Utopia 2
Challenge

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Note that the following lifts have closed for the season:

- Hikage Gondola
- Challenge pair lift
- Utopia pair lift
- Kandahar pair lift
- Nagasaka quad
- Nagasaka triple
- Nagasaka gondola connecting
- Karasawa pair

** Please note that from today until the end of the season the 'snow depth number' in the report is for Uenotaira -- official Hikage numbers are no longer available.