Good morning from Nozawa.

It's a cloudy morning here and we may see some light rain by the end of the day and rain overnight tonight. Hopefully after that we'll have more settled sunny weather into the weekend as well as temperatures warming up a little. Today a high of about 12C is forecast for the village.

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Just a bit of news about some course closures over the coming weekend due to events being held. On Saturday and Sunday the Yamabiko B course and Yunomine courses will be closed.

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Tuesday 17th April 2018

Fresh snowfall since yesterday as reported by the resort:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 0cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): -cm
- Base areas: 0cm

Official snow depth numbers:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 160cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 60cm
- Base areas: 0cm

Planned lifts operations today:

- Nagasaka Gondola
- Yamabiko Four
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four
- (More may be open for the coming weekend)

Planned open courses today:

- Yamabiko
- Kokenashi
- Bunabayashi (to mid station)
- Get the Gondola back down to base

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 until 27th April;
Nozawa Onsen plans to remain open until Sunday 6th May.