A cloudy sort of morning but with some rain expected soon but not long-lasting. Forecasts seem mixed, actually.

Good morning from Niseko and it's a cloudy and moody feel kind of start to the day.

Rain and wind this morning. It's not a pleasant morning.

Bright and sunny early on with a noticeable wind. There's blue looking up beyond our mountain with a more hazy scene looking back towards Mt Yotei.

It's almost totally clear with just some isolated baby clouds in places, including around the top of Mt Yotei.

It's a bit of a damp, grey, cloudy, foggy kind of morning. Looks like there's very limited visibility up on the mountain. Hopefully it might get a bit brighter (it's expected to).

It's a bright morning, though generally more subdued shades rather than the bright blue and sharp whites that characterize clearer days in mid winter.

It's a beauty of a morning with clear blue skies. It might be a bit windy but hopefully not to spoil any potential fun out there this morning.

Just come back from my morning walk. Hardly anyone around. It's such a big contrast with the busy bustle of the peak season.

Mt Yotei is modelling a cute collection of summit covering white cloud early this morning. Awwwww. What a beautiful mountain.

And then there were two as we enter the last stretch.

Well, while I wouldn't call it 'heavy snow', we did actually get some and enough for me to several cm to this report from base (with a slight rounding up to the whole number).

It's a cloudy, foggy in parts, damp (holding off for now) and windy kind of morning.

Cloudy conditions this morning and it looks like limited visibility again higher up.