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Saturday 4th February 2012, 2:41PM
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New snowfall:
0cm (village); up to 2cm (up top); 2cm on Uenotaira
Previous day:
315cm (village); 460cm (upper)
Snow depth:
315cm (village); 420cm (upper)
Temp bottom:
2 C
Temp top:
-3 C
Weather:
Light snow early then blue skies now cloud rolling in
Wind condition:
Moderate to Strong Winds
Visibility:
Pretty good all over
Lift operation:
The whole resort is operational
Saturday 4th February 2012, 2:41PM
Weather conditions:
Light snow early then blue skies now cloud rolling in
New snowfall:
0cm (village); up to 2cm (up top); 2cm on Uenotaira
Report:
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, which was kind of nice and after a bit of light snow this morning the sun is out again. Not sure how long it will last though. Forecast is for the next big system to hit on Monday night.
The sun yesterday was a blessing and helped a lot with the snow clearing efforts. Everyone that was not up the mountain was in to it and it is amazing what can be achieved in a day.
A big thank you to all the resort staff, lodges staff and the community as a whole for your efforts. Has been a big extra workload clearing all the snow this season but everyone worked together and greeted the guests with a smile as always.
Should be another great day up the slopes today but a bit busy with the weekend crowd. Quite a lot of fun events ahead in Nozawa during February and March including the Jazz Festival on February 18th and then various festivals thru March, with all this snow it is going to be a great time to be in the mountains.
Hikage Gondola is back in motion too today!
Current Official Snow Depths Numbers:
Yamabiko:
420cm
Uenotaira:
410cm
Nagasaka:
315cm
Current Lift operations:
All open
Current courses open:
All open
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Friday 3rd February 2012, 11:11AM
Weather conditions:
Bluebird Day seems like a while since wrote that!
New snowfall:
35cm (village); up to 60cm (up top); 75cm on Uenotaira
Report:
The snow started dumping around sunset last night and within about 3 hours we had accumulated over 30cm. This is no exaggeration! It was heavy and beautiful to watch as everything just got completely covered in the white powder.
It kept going throughout the night and up top we had a huge 75cm fall at Uenotaira. We had only been expecting 20cm max.
This morning the sun has come out and it is a perfect blue bird day in Nozawa. The sun is most welcome and will hopefully help with the huge recovery effort in clearing the snow from the Village today.
On the slopes this is a day most people wait their whole lives for. A massive 460cm level base, over 60cm of fresh powder, the sun is shining and the slopes are empty.
If you are here enjoy it, if not I recommend you get on a plane, train or bicycle and get up here!
Current Official Snow Depths Numbers:
Yamabiko:
460cm
Uenotaira:
445cm
Nagasaka:
315cm
Current Lift operations:
All open except Hikage Gondola
Current courses open:
All open
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Thursday 2nd February 2012, 1:11PM
Weather conditions:
Snowing moderately this morning now starting to clear
New snowfall:
35cm (village); up to 30cm (up top); 40cm on Uenotaira
Report:
30 plus centimeters of snow once again overnight in Nozawa. 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 the grass had grown a foot overnight - it can be hard work but snow is a lot more fun than grass!
Yesterday was pretty harsh conditions up on the mountain. Getting off the gondola at Uenotaira felt a bit like we had arrived at the base camp for a North Pole expedition. If you could get into the valleys and out of the wind and driving snow though it was pretty nice and some fresh tracks to be had on most of the less frequented runs.
The constant snow is also playing havoc with the local train from Nagano to Togari Nozawa Onsen station. It is stopped to clean snow off the lines now but should be back running this afternoon.
The forecast, believe it or not, is for a bit of sunshine amongst the snow showers over the next few days then further ahead into next week the snowatahon should continue...
Current Official Snow Depths Numbers:
Yamabiko:
415cm
Uenotaira:
400cm
Nagasaka:
315cm
Current Lift operations:
All open
Current courses open:
All open
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