More fresh snow! 15-20cm of it, too, giving us a nice new covering.

What a difference a day can make! Yesterday the lovely green grass slopes of Kitanomine was a thing, and today they are completely covered in 8 cm of proper whiteness.

Just a short while ago it was snowing, but as I write this at 8:30am we have some blue sky above us and the sun is shining (with some cloud still covering higher areas).

It's a grey early morning and feels fairly mild. [9am update: clearer and sunny now]

No good news to report, but then again no real bad news either.

The wait for snow continues.

It is officially the first day of the ski season. Hurray!

Well, it didn't get up to +10 C today, only +7.

Tsugaike Mountain Resort is going to open from tomorrow, Monday 1st December.

Today was the planned opening date of the ski areas on our lovely mountain but there's not enough snow just yet and so they are all delayed.