It's a fairly easy report this morning. Pretty much everywhere is open and busy for the New Year.

After all those snowy and windy conditions, things seem a bit calmer this morning...

More snow to report this morning after a snowy and windy day yesterday. It's building up very nicely now.

You want fresh snow. We got snow!

Lots of strong wind yesterday which ended up affecting lifts. It was one of those days that is probably best reserved for a soak in the onsen.

Merry Christmas and good morning from Hakuba.

Lots of updates have been made to the resort specific lists this morning (below), so be sure to check them out.

Good morning to you all from here in sunny Hakuba.

Quickly forgetting the bit of rain we got before it turned into the good stuff, I have good snow news this morning!

Early seasons are exciting - but difficult and time consuming for yours truly... there is a lot of information to check, gather and put together.

Snow was falling through the day yesterday on the mountains and quite heavily at times too.

There was a bit of wind and light snow falling when I was up at Hakuba Goryu in the afternoon.

It was a snowy day yesterday the snow has eased off for this morning.

Yesterday was a really beautiful day to be outside and on the mountain.