It has been a pretty overcast start to the day here in Nozawa with nothing falling from the sky at present.

The winds have died and the Nagasaka Gondola and all lifts are back up and operational. The rain yesterday did not do the base any favours and it was a pretty warm day. Almost didn't need the Jacket at the Festival last night. Was a good night and quite a few people lined the main street for the festivities. Oyu Dori was closed to cars, which is always good to see. Would be nice if one day it was a permanent fixture, maybe even just allow electric golf buggies like in Zermatt. I know there is some talk of it so will have to wait and see.

Good news is temps are on their way down and we are expecting some decent snow up top tonight. Followed by some sun and light snow over the next few days with freezing levels staying down until Friday.

Free lift tickets for kids today too so a good excuse to get them off the computer games and up the mountain.

Current Official Snow Depths Numbers:

Yamabiko:
360cm

Uenotaira:
340cm

Nagasaka:
225cm

Current Lift operations:
Whole resort is operational

Current courses open:
All open