Nozawa Onsen Snow Report – Saturday

Long queues for the skyline connect

Long queues for the skyline connect

New Snow (Resort): 20cm (Yamabiko)
New Snow (Village): Nil
Weather: Clear
Snow Depth: 210cm (Yamabiko)
Outlook: Looking like we may get some snow tonight at the top, possibility of rain in the village though.
Open Areas: Almost everything is open except Kurokura and Hachiman. Kandahar is closed to the public.

The masses have arrived as usual for the weekend. At 11am the gondola queue at Nagasaka was out the door of the building and the skyline connect lift queue was about 60 metres long.

The snow which fell after close of lifts yesterday was tracked early on this morning and moguls are starting to appear in unusual places due to the crowds. The snow up top actually isn’t too bad on the groomed runs but the lower half is starting to get slushy due to the warm temps.

Outlook is for snow tonight and snow showers early next week.