Good morning from Nozawa.

And it is looking like it will be a cracker.

The snow clouds have cleared and the sun should be having a headline role to play today.

It was cold overnight but it is going to be somewhat milder during the day today, maybe rising to around +5C later on down at village.

It will probably be similarly milder tomorrow too... before more snow Tuesday/Wednesday.

There's not massive amounts of snow yet, but enough to have a great day out there. You can now ride back down to base via the winding Rinkan (Forest) course.

Lots more this coming week please!

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Sunday 16th December 2018

Fresh snowfall recorded by resort (since yesterday):

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

Lifts operations starting from 8:30am:

- Nagasaka Gondola
- Hikage Gondola
- Yamabiko Four Lift
- Yamabiko Number 2 Four Lift
- Skyline connecting pair lift
- Yunomine pair lift
- Uenotaira Four Lift
- Hikage Four lift
- Shinyu pair lift
- Nagasaka triple lift
- Yu Road

Open courses:

- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Uenotaira
- Kokenashi
- Paradise
- Bunabayashi (to mid-station)
- Rinkan
- Hikage (southern area)
- Nagasaka connecting
- Kumataka

Official snow depth numbers:

- Yamabiko (1407m): 80cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 75cm
- Hikage (660m): 55cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 45cm
- Karasawa (563m): 25cm