December 2012

Another foot of snow hits Nozawa unexpectedly

by Mark on December 21, 2012

Base up top: 160 cm        Temp Top;  – 3 Degrees Base at bottom; 70 cm New Snow since close: 35 cm Weather; Cloudy After the ‘magic foot’ two nights we got hit with a ‘phantom foot’ last night with Mother Nature depositing another 30cm of the white fluffy stuff on our doorstep. […]

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It’s a beautiful day in Nozawa Onsen

by Mark on December 20, 2012

Base up top: 140 cm        Temp Top;  -11 Degrees Base at bottom; 50 cm New Snow since close: 15 cm Weather; Blue Bird Beautiful start to the day here in Nozawa Onsen. It snowed for most of the day yesterday and eased into the night, and then we woke up to blue […]

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Change of scene in Nozawa today

by Mark on December 18, 2012

Base up top: 105 cm        Temp Top;  -4 Degrees Base at bottom; 30 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Light Snow Bit of a climate change in Nozawa today, with cloud blanketing the mountains. It is doing it’s best to snow in the village with temps hovering just above 0 […]

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More snow on the way in Nozawa

by Mark on December 17, 2012

Base up top: 110 cm        Temperature;  3 Degrees Base at bottom; 40 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Sunshine After some amazing deep winter conditions early on we have bounced back in to a warm spell the last few days in Nozawa. Has meant some nice sunny fun days to […]

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Great early season conditions in Nozawa

by Mark on December 13, 2012

Base up top: 150 cm        Temperature; -9 Degrees Base at bottom; 60 cm New Snow since close: 5 cm Weather; Mixed snowing lightly now Has been a pretty nice past few days here in Nozawa. No major dumps like the previous few days but some constant light falls topping things up and […]

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