Dust on crust today. The Niigata prefecture forecast (one of the most accurate in getting snowfall right) predicted 15cm; we got 4.

A little light snow for what should be a very busy day at the ski areas (second day of a three-day weekend).

The snowfall has finally stopped; the official total on the storm board was 119cm (with some considerable settling in there, too).

The round soft hail of yesterday has turned to nicer, flakier snow — and a lot of it. Nearly 60cm so far, and it’s still really coming down.

A stormy night, with lightning and one big thunderclap - a sure sign that we’re going to get heavy snow, and that it likely will be graupel, or soft hail.

A nice fall of snow for the second day of 2018, a day I know means the first day of skiing for many in the new year (after the fun of New Year’s Eve!).

The last day of 2017, and some kind of strange weather to end the year: a south wind (although it seems to come from the west here at base level), only a little snow from yesterday, pretty good wind.

More snow through the night, along with some wind, has resulted in just under 30cm of pretty heavy stuff.

A little sun to start the day, a little fresh added on the monster dump of the past few days.

More leisurely reporting today; no job on the hill to run out to, although this was another 5am wake up for snow clearing.

Tons of snow. 81cm and falling (and it could be a little more; my two measuring points had different results….).

Nice snowfall overnight, nothing too heavy. Yet.

Good news: 31cm of fresh, light new snow.

Another 45cm of snow. That means just over a meter in the past two days, a January of a snowfall, not a normal December accumulation.