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Sorry for the delay

Just a quick update and sorry for the long delay without a report. It has been a busy time with the fire festival taking place on Saturday night, and a [...]

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Nozawa Onsen – Fresh and Deep

Today was the kind of day powder lovers dream about – very few people on the mountain and a lot of snow! Not much more to say about that really, [...]

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A Break From the Snow

The resort is reporting 20cm up on Yamabiko this morning, it’s a little bit hard to believe as there was no more than a light dusting in the village this [...]

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Heavy Snow in Nozawa Onsen

Yesterday afternoon the snow started to fall in the village, it gradually got stronger and fell heavily all night. This morning we have around 50-60cm in our driveway and several [...]

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Bluebird in Nozawa Onsen

Yesterday dawned cold in Nozawa Onsen with bright blue skies and not a cloud to be seen. The conditions were amazing on the mountain with fresh snow and blue skies, [...]

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Nozawa Onsen Snow Update

Sorry for the lack of report from Nozawa Onsen today, I can tell you it bucketed down all day, tracks were replenished and conditions were fantastic. Check out our facebook [...]

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Nozawa Onsen like it should be

Finally things are back the way they should be, with deep powder and relentless snowfall throughout the day. There were also very few people on the mountain and it wasn’t [...]

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A Wild Night

When I went to bed last night the skies were dissapointingly clear, it must have really belted down though as this morning there is thirty centimetres of fresh powder on [...]

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Bluebird Morning in Nozawa Onsen and Myoko Kogen

It has dawned fine and clear this morning in Nozawa Onsen, a quick look out the window at this breathtaking view and I had to rush for the camera. The [...]

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March in January

This photo taken on Skyline yesterday. Skiing along the ridge above a sea of clouds made Skyline a pretty surreal experience. Skyline is a great run, try and get there [...]

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