So yes, we did get the rain moving in to the region yesterday and mid afternoon it was around +8 degrees in the village.

This morning it is raining still I'm afraid - temps didn't dip much below 5C overnight so it kept quite mild, but it's not forecast to get much warmer beyond that today either during the daytime. Hopefully this rain will ease off this morning leaving us with clouds for the rest of the day.

A look at the webcams shows that visibility is right down, the resort reporting fog covering the upper area of the mountain.

We should be back to sunny conditions tomorrow and also back to warmth, with Saturday due to be particularly warm. Chance of rain again on Sunday and so the safer bet for the weekend is probably Saturday.

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Thursday 27th March 2014:

Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 340cm
Uenotaira - 265cm
Hikage - 150cm
Nagasaka - 145cm
Karasawa - 100cm

Lifts
Weekday operations - all lifts operating except:
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 pair B

Courses
All courses open except:
Grand Prix
Kandahar West
Kandahar East