Hello from Nozawa.

The warm spring conditions continue and so does the snow melt. The resort now has Uenotaira as completely closed (it's suddenly looking almost completely dry and brown!) and just the top Yamabiko A-D runs and Kokenashi now remain open. They're doing all they can to keep enough snow up there on the courses to keep going but warm that there is a chance that they won't be able to make it until the end of Golden Week which is when they planned to continue until. There's people who want to get in the last turns of the season though, so if you are one of those it's best to try and get here as quickly as possible... less snow every day.

This morning the sun is out and it's going to be another warm day.

Rain is expected to start sometime during the day tomorrow and continue through into Thursday as well.

Fingers crossed it will be better on Friday. Actually some forecasts even mention snowfall up top around Friday which is interesting. Others completely don't mention that at all. Looks like conditions for later in the week are difficult to predict.

Next update at the end of the week.

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Official info at time of writing on Tuesday 26th April 2016 (subject to change):

The resort still aims to be open through until 8th May, though does say that there is a chance that they might not be able to make it until then.

Official snow depths:

Yamabiko: 30cm
Uenotaira: -cm
Hikage: -cm
Nagasaka: -cm
Karasawa: -cm

The following courses plan to be open:

Yamabiko A
Yamabiko B
Yamabiko C
Yamabiko D
Kokenashi

The following lifts plan to be operating:

Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko Number 2 Four

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Nozawa Onsen 6 day weather and snow forecast

Nozawa Onsen main resort data