Hello from Nozawa and welcome to April.

It's another fine spring morning with some very thin cloud and haze.

The next few days are going to be pretty warm, some forecasts saying there is a chance of a few spots of rain tomorrow (and some not).

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I was just taking a look at the observed snowfall data (below). Here's how much snowfall I have observed at base in the month of March over the last handful of seasons:

March 2018 - 5cm
March 2017 - 97cm
March 2016 - 75cm
March 2015 - 78cm
March 2014 - 178cm
March 2013 - 29cm

Pretty shocking numbers there for March. The good thing though is that for the season as a whole we have had more this season than we did in the 2015/2016 season and a similar amount to the 2013/2014 season, so it is always best to step back and look at the picture as whole.

And of course you can check out that whole picture at any time by consulting all of our reporting archives.

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Sunday 1st April 2018

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

- Yamabiko (1407m): 0cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 0cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm

Official snow depth numbers:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 235cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 140cm
- Hikage (660m): 60cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 55cm
- Karasawa (563m): 20cm

Lifts operations:

- All lifts should be open as planned this morning
- The Yunomine pair, Mizunashi triple, Challenge pair and Utopia pair lifts usually rested on weekdays.

The following courses either closed (or not fully available):

- Schneider
- Grand Prix
- Hachiman
- Skyline (part)
- Jumping
- Mukoubayashi
- Kandahar
- Usagi

General resort operations information from 2nd April until 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;
A resort shuttle bus may operate between Hikage and Nagasaka (Number 1 car park) depending on snow conditions.