That's it, folks. Today is officially the last day of the season for ski lifts at the ski areas in the region.

Hakuba Goryu and Hakuba 47 have announced that Friday (5th May) will be their last day of the season, rather than Sunday 7th May.

Well, it was a rainy start to Golden Week.

Believe it or not, there was some fresh snowfall around on the mountains yesterday morning (while it was raining down at base).

Yikes. Yesterday was just way too warm with temps in the 20s - even higher on the mountains.

We start the day with fine though hazy skies and relatively cool (difficult to say 'cold' at the moment), though it will be another warm day approaching 20C in the village this afternoon.

Well, well, well! Here we are at this late stage and there has been some fresh snowfall... even down to base!

It's April and a beautiful start to the month, with more of the same still forecast over the next few days - possibly until Tuesday.

It's the last day of March. April tomorrow. Blimey, winter really comes and goes so very quickly. It's just not fair!

It's not a particularly inspiring morning.

Good morning from Hakuba. Hey, it's snowing!

When I woke up this morning it was raining.

It has got to be a quick report today. We have fresh snow (see ski area numbers below). Slightly under 10cm outside my place. Nice.

Hakuba Cortina is once again reporting the most fresh snow, with 20-25cm at the top.