After a sunny, mild day (ideal for finishing up the never-completed task of preparing for winter), we are right on the edge of snow at base level this morning.

We're still in pre-season, and it looks like it's going to stay that way for at least a while longer.

In these pre-season days, as I wrote once before, I always wonder about putting up snow reports when we get a tiny amount, and then we know it's going to disappear in the next few days.

A bit of snow overnight, just enough to almost defeat the 2WD mini van that tried to come up the slope leading up to Akakura Kanko early this morning.

I am going to put in a report here, because we did get measurable snow and it should go in the record.

A bit of snow way up high! I always hesitate to write this, because people will think that the ski season is right around the corner, when in fact the corner is still pretty far away.

The last day of season 2018-2019; it's really getting green at base level, but there's enough snow for a fun last day on the slopes (and of the long Golden Week as well).

Time for an update as we enter the super-long Golden Week for 2019.

Wasn't sure when I'd update, but about 13cm of new snow at base level on April 8 deserves a mention.

It is sunny; spring has returned.

That snow kept going through the day and into this morning. We even had a bit of a whiteout in the afternoon - a blizzard in April!

It's been a bit of April Fool weather from yesterday into today: 35 cm of fresh?

Back in the office for the post-season. We got more snow after a day of rain, snow, blustery winds, blue skies.

Sunny today, after a bit more snow yesterday. Not a lot of accumulation, though, and it's melting right away....