Lots of cloud around this morning and lower down it's really quite foggy at the moment, generally quite poor visibility across the mountain.

It's apparently snowing higher up on the mountain but we're not so lucky down below with a mix of sleet and rain I'm afraid. All a bit mild but hoping it'll get colder and will be snowing properly later on and overnight into tomorrow.

Mixed messages on forecasts as to what to expect, so we'll just have to wait and see and I'll let you know in the morning.

What does look certain is less than ideal around Sunday with warm temps and.... rain. If the forecast doesn't change before then, pick for the weekend would definitely seem to be Saturday.

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Fresh snow to report since yesterday (reported by resort):

Yamabiko - 0cm
Uenotaira - 0cm
Hikage - 0cm
Nagasaka - 0cm
Karasawa - 0cm

Official snow depths:

Yamabiko - 430cm
Uenotaira - 385cm
Hikage - 270cm
Nagasaka - 265cm
Karasawa - 230cm

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Courses open:

All courses are open except:

Grand Prix course
Jumping Course
Challenge 39
Kandahar Course East
Kandahar Course West
Kamoshika

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Lifts open (subject to change):

All lifts operating except:

Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 Pair B line

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Night skiing at Nozawa until 8pm on the following dates:

Every Saturday until 28th March

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Nozawa Onsen 6 day weather and snow forecast
Nozawa Onsen main resort data