Morning from Nozawa.

Spots of rain still here. The resort reported 1cm of snowfall during the day yesterday though no new cm down at base.

These clouds are set to clear up by tonight and from tomorrow it's sunshine all the way through at least the first part of next week in this north eastern region of Nagano-ken. Temps are going to be gradually rising as well from tomorrow, getting pretty toasty by mid-week. Looks like calm, settled, mild weather as we head towards the end of March and into April.

My oh my, it's nearly April.

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Friday 23rd March 2018

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

- Yamabiko (1407m): 1cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 0cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm

Official snow depth numbers:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 260cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 170cm
- Hikage (660m): 115cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 110cm
- Karasawa (563m): 50cm

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):

- Grand Prix
- Hachiman
- Kandahar