An early report from Nozawa this morning as I return from a day in Nagano city yesterday.

This morning the resort is reporting 2cm of fresh snow up on the top Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas. (So you know where to head to!)

The temperature is currently around 0C with a high of about 4C expected later in the day. The sun is shining down on parts of the mountain and it is very probably going to be a fine and sunny day. And perhaps similar tomorrow.

The forecast for the coming week is actually showing some promise for snow around mid-week next week which is definitely something to keep an eye on. Wouldn't that be good?

In the meantime expect the spring-like conditions to continue and let's just.. enjoy them!

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From 7pm tonight there's a big of a festival happening on the Hikage base area with a 'stage performance' and other events going on. Fireworks from 9pm. Should be fun.

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The Shinyu pair lift still has some kind of technical trouble going on and so is closed with no clear word on when it might be fixed up and back operating. So from that area of the village, the resort recommends taking the Yu Road or shuttle bus to base.

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Saturday 2nd March 2019

Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resort (since yesterday morning):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 2cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 2cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm

Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 260cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 230cm
- Hikage (660m): 150cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 130cm
- Karasawa (563m): 85cm

All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:

- Shinyu pair (technical trouble)

All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:

- Grand Prix