New Snow (Resort): 0cm
New Snow (Village): 0cm
Weather: Rain
Snow Depth: 240cm (Yamabiko)
Outlook: Light snow tonight and moderate snow on Friday at Yamabiko.
Open Areas: Almost everything is open except Kurokura and Hachiman.
I woke up this morning to rain in the village. This continued for a few hours all over the mountain including Yamabiko. We also have an temperature inversion in Nozawa giving a temperature of + 5 degrees up top and a few degrees above zero in the village. Most of the rain eased of towards mid day but we still have rain showers across the mountain from time to time. The runs reminded me of late March spring skiing which actually isn’t to bad.
No decrease in the snow depth at Yamabiko has been reported but I can see that the lower parts have suffered quite a lot. However the snow depth is still slightly better than it was before the massive snowfalls we had last week.