Archive | March, 2009

Video from Butch – “THE DAY”

27 Mar


Today was a wonderful day up on the mountain. Knee deep powder on a soft base, with no competition to get all the fresh snow you want. Butch made another great video and the title says it all – today was “THE DAY”. Check out Butchs fall a minute and a half in.

Nozawa Onsen Snow Report

26 Mar

First tracks on Yamabiko

New Snow (Resort): 15cm (Yamabiko)
New Snow (Village): 5cm
Weather: Very heavy snow
Snow Depth: 210cm (Yamabiko)
Outlook: Continued snow over the next couple of days.
Open Areas: The bottom half of the mountain has been badly affected by recent weather, and most slopes down low are closed.

Heavy snow fell overnight and we awoke to blue skies and 15cm of fresh up the top of the mountain. The snow was silky smooth and there was not a trace of the yellow sand which has been plagueing the slopes for the last couple of weeks. It was a wonderful day to be on the mountain.

At the moment it is snowing really hard in the village, temperatures are cold and the snow is top quality. Tomorrow is going to be another fantastic day.

The website is undergoing some changes at the moment, so things are a bit messy. It shouldn’t be too long until the new site is fully functional.

Website Update

25 Mar

Nagano Go is currently undergoing an update… Things should be working a little better in a short while.

Northern Nagano Ski Areas

25 Mar

Northern Nagano is a skiers paradise. From the peak of Kenashi Yama, the highest point of Nozawa Onsen Ski Area you can see ski areas with a total of 87 lifts, all of which are accessible in around an hour or less by car from Nagano.

Over the next week or so we will update our website with Mountain, Accommodation, and Access information for some of Nagano’s less well known Ski Areas.

Shiga Kogen

25 Mar

Information for Shiga Kogen including mountain, accommodation and access information.

Snow Reports coming for other ski areas coming in the 2009/2010 season.

Myoko Kogen

25 Mar

Over the next couple of weeks we will be adding information for Myoko Kogen to our site.

Check back over the next week for information on ski areas, accommodation and access for Myoko Kogen.

Snow reports for Myoko Kogen, coming in the 2009/2010 season.