There were no friends around the breakfast table this morning. With the fresh delivery of a magic foot of light fluffy snow overnight everyone was scrambling over the scrambled eggs to get out the door and up the mountain!

The dump we had been expecting tonight came early to everyone’s delight and it snowed heavily most of the night with 30cm been recorded when we woke up this morning. Still snowing lightly now with the sun trying to break thru the clouds but meeting a fair bit of resistance.

It should be an amazing day on the mountain today and everyone waiting for the powder will be breathing a sigh of relief after a bit of a dry patch. A film crew has been in town to make the new Nozawa promo flick, so good timing. They were getting deep into the culture last night at the Karaoke bar and some of the moves were definitely worthy of a spot in the final cut!

The outlook is for the snow to continue fairly gradually, the peak being another decent dump tomorrow night. Once again the happiness is big in Nozawa Onsen.

Current Official Snow Depths Numbers:

Yamabiko:
300cm

Uenotaira:
290cm

Nagasaka:
210cm

Current Lift operations:
All open

Current courses open:
All open