Well, it might have been raining in the middle of the night (according to Yakebitaiyama) but it is now snowing.

It is rather windy out there. On days like this, the Niseko Village webcam (showing the top of the gondola station) looks like it's enduring an ongoing strong earthquake.

Windy and rainy all night last night. This morning, it was 80+ km/h up on top, so the Gondola is of course closed.

Avalanches are the big news to start the week.

The day starts with bright light blue skies.

It has been a fine morning so far with a gradually increasing amount of (still friendly looking) cloud around.

It is a beautiful morning and it feels a bit colder.

We have had a sort of dusting of snow in places; best seen on the Niseko Village gondola roof.

Happy March, and spring is here today.

It has almost felt like March for a while now, but today it actually is March.