Good morning from Nozawa.

There's a fair bit of cloud around still this morning but the sun is out and there are blue skies over the mountain - though we are forecast a generally cloudy day. It should be keeping quite cold though, only starting to warm up again tomorrow when we have sunny skies forecast.

By the way, the resort appears to be reporting another 5cm of fresh snowfall up top...

You can still ride back down to base via the Rinkan course down to Isemiya. From there, a shuttle bus is available to get back to the Nagasaka gondola station if you want to get back up the mountain.

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Monday 9th April 2018

Fresh snowfall since yesterday (as and where reported by the resort):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): -cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm

Official snow depth numbers:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 195cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 90cm
- Hikage (660m): -cm
- Nagasaka (615m): -cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm

Lifts operations:

- Nagasaka Gondola
- Yamabiko Four
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four
- Uenotaira Four
- Paradise Four

The following courses should be open today:

- Yamabiko area
- Kokenashi course
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Bunabayashi (to mid station)
- Rinkan (to Isemiya)
- Get back to base via the Rinkan course or using the Gondola
- Shuttle bus available from Isemiya to Nagasaka gondola station

General resort operations information until Sunday 6th May:

The Gondola will be open from 8:10am daily;
The Number 1 car park will be free daily;
There will be no village shuttle bus between 2nd April and 27th April;
Nozawa Onsen plans to remain open until Sunday 6th May.