REPORT

As of 8:00 a.m, the line of people waiting for the open of Nagasaka Gondola Bottom Station reached over 100 meters long. The best course to drop should be Yamabiko B Course, an off-piste area (Photo). The slope was soft with bumps and 25cm fresh snow was on it, so people were making shouts of joy like, “Japow Yeah!!” and “Foooooo!” there.
[Yamabiko B Course]

In the groomed slopes of Yamabiko A, C, D, E Course, my skis ran well and made smooth turns on the nicely firm slopes. By the way, you can get into Skyline Course which has a 4.5km of length, if you ski toward the left side after frozen tree tunnel of Yamabiko E Course (Photo). You can go back to Yamabiko No.2 Four if you ski to the right side.
[Yamabiko E Course]

3 people from Aichi (Photo) said, “We went to Yamabiko B Course this early morning. The fluffy snow was so amazing!” The groomed slopes of Uenotaira and Yamabiko Area were also in good condition. (The frozen trees were beautiful today!)
[Uenotaira]

The clouds started to cover the sky and brought heavy snow at 9:30 a.m. I came to the off-piste courses of Ushikubi Course and Kumataka Course (*Photo shows Hikage seen from Kumataka) through Uenotaira, Bunabayashi Course, Yunomine B Course and Mizunashi B Course. Ushikubi was in difficult condition because of the big bumps. On 1/12 (Thu), “Ski Day Special Memorial Event” will be held. Nagasaka Gondola will be open earlier than usual, at 7:40 a.m, and Skyline Course will be available! (Anyone who has the lift pass can join it)
[Kumataka Course]

　
[Nozawa Onsen Availability Information on 1/5 (Thu)]
*All courses are available! (Except for Yunomine A, Mukobayashi C, Hachiman C)
*Available Lifts … Nagasaka Gondola (8:30-), Hikage Gondola (8:30-) and totally 12 lifts.
*Fees … Adult JPY6,000, Under 15 y/o JPY3,600, Over 60 y/o JPY4,800

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reported by Snownavi