We got snow throughout the day yesterday: it can be hard to find a really good total figure when wind is blowing, and some things get cleared and some don't.

I got called out by some visitors yesterday for missing a few days (thanks for reading, boys!), and, as promised, I got out snowthrowing at 5 am.

Sorry to be off here; snow was falling, machines aren't working.... I promise to be a good boy. It is fun, after all!

I decided not to jump out of bed early this morning (still got up early; just decided not to move much) when I heard rain dripping from the roof.

It is still snowing out there in Myoko today.

Another night of winds and heavy snow.

Light snow continued to fall through the day yesterday; we could see the sun shining across the way toward Madarao and on to Nozawa, but we stayed in the shade.

The rain turned to snow at the end of the day yesterday, and then some serious snowfall.

It's better than we expected: a little snow on top of the stuff that looked like it could get a bit nasty and crunchy.

A sunny day: regular readers know that we prefer those wonderful snowy days when you can hardly see a thing, but after the constant (and sometimes unexpectedly heavy) snowfall, we can use a reset day.

When you're wrong, you're wrong: there was powder out there... but there was a LOT of powder out there.

Another day of good snow, although it's tapered off a bit this morning.

More snow! More fun! More shoveling!

4am. Thunderbolts and lightning. Very very frightening.