I had to get out on the slopes early this morning to help a few friends visiting. Only out for a few hours but it was really nice out there.

Morning from Hakuba on this mid-week national holiday in Japan.

Snow clouds moved in yesterday after that fine start and we have fresh snow to play in this morning.

It's a cold one!

Colder this morning and back to snow.

Calmer conditions yesterday with a largely cloudy day and some light snow falling at times.

Largely cloudy with light snow falling at times of report and several cm on the ground.

This morning we have a lot of cloud around and while it is snowing in places, it's also quite bright.

Largely cloudy skies this morning with snow falling in places, especially higher up.

Snow clouds above us and light snow falling early on. Not much snow being reported by ski areas since yesterday - 3cm is all I can find from Goryu.

Some ski areas reporting up to 10cm of fresh on upper areas this morning, with just up to a few cm in places around base areas.

It was a cold day yesterday but wrap up well and people were rewarded with some very fine conditions.

The most fresh snow being reported by a ski area this morning is again Cortina, reporting a very nice 50+cm. Goryu and 47 are reporting 30cm on mountain.

New snow!