The memories of rain of yesterday morning quickly washed away with the sight of a good new layer of fresh snowfall. :)

I was away from Madarao all day yesterday and in Nagano city - it was unseasonably warm.

Beautiful morning here in Madarao with blue skies and sunshine. Just take a look at those photos below.

After a clearer early morning start to the day, light snow is falling now though we're not expecting much in terms of new cm -- and possibly conditions to clear again during the day today.

The fabulous mid-winter conditions continue this morning with another foot (and the rest) of snowfall.

Yesterday was a lovely day and lots of people turning up to join in the fun.

Morning from Madarao and it's another of those fine and sunny ones with blue skies. Nice.

As expected a nice new layer of snow on the slopes this morning. The resort is reporting 10cm and I am measuring 14cm so far, and counting.

It is very different this morning - there's not much to see at all with very limited visibility.

It has been snowing for such a long time now it feels strange that it has stopped. And is that the sun?!

Another foot of snow since the report yesterday and we will be getting more today though it is expected to ease off somewhat as we finally get past this strong winter storm.

Hello from Madarao where we're dealing with more (and more) snow.

The heavy snowfall has continued over the last 24 hours and it's almost getting difficult to keep up with it all.

Nature is being very kind to the region at the moment. The news this morning is the dumping of half a metre of snow on us with (quite a lot more due) to come today and tomorrow.