Welcome to the first snow report of the 2009/10 season! Nozawa saw a good fall in early November but since then there has not been too much happening. Last night heavy rain fell from top to bottom and the resort is yet to open. The upper reaches of Skyline, top of Uenotaira and Yamabiko still have a thin layer of snow covering them, but I feel like it will take one or two more good dumps to get things underway.
The forecast is for continued warm weather over the next few days, with the possibility of some snow falling on Friday night up the top of the mountain. Futher out, it looks like there may be some weather coming our way at the start of December. The resort is likely to open up when they have enough snow to groom and a base of 40cm+.