This morning there's no wind and light snow is falling - with 1cm to add to the report.

After checking for a second time incase I had misread it, "wow" is what I uttered as I confirmed the thermometer was showing -24c in the village.

It is another great powder morning with a further 9cm having fallen overnight.

All signs are pointing to a great day ahead with 10cm of new snow having fallen overnight.

It feels good to be able to report a decent amount of snow this morning, although not a mega number, 7 cm at village level is significant.

It is the start of a new week and the week ahead looks like it will deliver the goods in terms of snow.

Great news this morning with the arrival of 5cm of nice light powder snow overnight.

Although we haven't have any significant amounts of fresh snow for a few days the course conditions are great for this time of year.

We have cloud and foggy covering the resort this morning so I would expect there to be areas of low light at the least, if not reduced visibility due to fog.

If you have headed out for first lifts this morning you will not have had to share the mountain with many others.

What a great day it is to farewell 2016. There was low light in the first part of the morning but the cloud has lifted to reveal mostly blue sky, and as a result the visibility is now perfect.

It is a nice morning here in Furano with blue sky over the resort and town, but beyond those boundaries it is cloud cover.

You would think we were entering the month of February given the temperature that has been thrown at us this morning.

It is looking like another great powder day with 6cm of new snow overnight and heavy snow falling at the moment.