There has been a light dusting of 3cm of new snow in the village that will help keep things fresh on the mountain.

The light snow flurries of yesterday deposited 4cm of new snow on the ground in Kitanomine.

Snow flurries yesterday have amounted to around 4cm of fresh at the base of the resort.

The on off light snow flurries yesterday have added up to 4cm of fresh snow.

It is a really nice morning with clear conditions above and the morning sun shining through.

Kitanomine Gondola is CLOSED today.

There has been another huge dump overnight and there is 14cm in the Kitanomine village area.

A Happy New Year and welcome to the new decade.

Light snow is falling and there is 2cm of new snow on the ground in the village, and around 5cm at the top of the resort.

It is looking like it will be a good day ahead. We are starting off with a top up of 4cm of very light fresh snow in the village.

It was great to see to skiers flock to the Kitanomine side yesterday for the opening and to take advantage of some very good skiing on the upper slopes.

It is another cold start to the day with the temperature -10c.

There has been another 8cm of new snow overnight. At the town level this is quite wet and is exactly what is needed to build up the base on the lower slopes.

It is a nice sunny clear morning here in Furano and there has been 8cm of new snow accumulate on the ground since yesterday.