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Heavy snow just keeps on falling

by Mark on February 3, 2017

Base at top: 360 cm Temp at Top: -9 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 280 cm New snow since close: 20-30 cm Weather: Light Snow Heavy snow just keeps on falling here in Nozawa Onsen. After a pause in the falls yesterday evening, where we saw clear blue skies and a quality sunset, snowfalls have […]

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Base at top: 340 cm Temp at Top: -12 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 275 cm New snow since close: 30 cm Weather: Heavy snow Well this almost came out of nowhere! We were expecting a decent fall last night, but nothing too special until the forecasts made a sudden upgrade yesterday. Even in this […]

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Clear skies and cold temperatures

by Mark on February 1, 2017

Base at top: 320 cm Temp at Top: -9 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 250 cm New snow since close: 0 cm Weather: Clear Today we wake with partly cloudy conditions and clear weather on the mountain.  Unfortunately we haven’t had any fresh snow to top up the coverage overnight so conditions will be much […]

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Powder strikes Nozawa Onsen

by Mark on January 31, 2017

Base at top: 320 cm Temp at Top: -10 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 250 cm New snow since close: 40 cm Weather: Snow Just like that the switch has flipped and we are back to full winter mode in Nozawa Onsen. The rain turned to snowflakes at around 330pm yesterday afternoon at village elevation […]

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Rain strikes Nozawa Onsen

by Mark on January 30, 2017

  Base at top: 290 cm Temp at Top: +2 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 240 cm New snow since close: 0 cm Weather: Light rain The atmosphere is latent with moisture this morning and not of the good kind. Light rain is falling and right to the summit of Mt Kenashi there are positive […]

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