It's a beautiful morning here in Hakuba. Hakubatastic, even. Just look at those mountains. Stunning.

A cold day yesterday with limited visibility for a large part and snow falling.

There's some fresh snow on the ground this morning and it looks like there's up to 20cm at higher elevations.

It is a cold morning and still quite windy on the mountains.

Ho ho ho! Seasons greetings from Hakuba.

It's Christmas weekend and Hakuba is doing great!

Ski areas this morning generally reporting 5-10cm of fresh snow, with Cortina coming in with 15-20cm.

Up to 5cm of fresh snow is being reported at both Happo-one and 47 this morning, and it seems to be snowing in upper areas.

Good morning from snowy Hakuba.

More of Happo-one now open, and the run back down to base at Tsugaike also now available.

It is snowing very nicely at the moment, but with limited visibility.

The recent snowfall is allowing more and more to open.

There's a whole lot going on this morning and a bit difficult to take it all in!

Yesterday was a good day for snowfall. We had that big number being reported by Happo-one.