Good morning from Nozawa. This week the temperatures have generally remained cold, some really chilly nights now, and we have seen some more snowfall on the mountain, but nothing really significant. The snow has been down close to village level and there is still a bit on the Higake area now I can see but with the sun out today I expect that to quickly move back up. Uenotaira and Yamabiko both look like they have a nice covering of snow though and I can see on the webcam image that some grooming seems to have been done up there. Would be good if the snow we are seeing sticks around and forms the base for the season.

Today is actually going to be quite warm with that sun I mentioned shining down. We might even get close to double figure C temperatures in the early afternoon. It will likely get colder over the weekend though.

The forecast? Well, nothing looking too promising on the 6 day forecast at the moment so we'll just have to sit tight for now. Forecasts have been known to change!

Nozawa Onsen plans to open on Saturday 1st December, so we still have 9 more days. I'll post a new report early next week with the latest.