Good morning from Nozawa.

There might be a few sore heads in Nozawa this morning after the main event of the Fire Festival last night.

After a spell of no fresh, there is some fresh snow this morning. Not much with the resort reporting 5cm up on the top areas, but it is continuing to come down and we can expect some more this morning and then all being well a decent amount tomorrow night too. Oh yes and on Sunday. So regular snowfall is just ahead of us which is great to see.

The resort does not seem to be recording any snowfall this morning but I definitely just cleared at least a few cm up outside my place just before.

Visibility looking limited on the mountain this morning but I doubt people will be too worried about that. Snow is what we want most.

Have a safe day.

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Wednesday 16th January 2019

Fresh snowfall reported by the ski resort (since yesterday morning):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 5cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 5cm
- Hikage (660m): 0cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 0cm
- Karasawa (563m): 0cm

Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 215cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 200cm
- Hikage (660m): 140cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 130cm
- Karasawa (563m): 100cm

All lifts apart from the following planned to be operating:

- Yunomine pair
- Mizunashi triple
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Kandahar pair

All courses open apart from the following planned to be open:

- Grand Prix
- Kandahar * open to public on 12th February and 1st March 2019