Good morning from Hirafu, and I have another 10cm or so of fresh snowfall to report since my last update yesterday.

So that was the 2012/2013 Niseko season.

...and it's not quite over yet, as they say! A dusting of snow this morning at base areas though it is more like sleet right now as I write this.

It's quite bright this morning, but cloudy and raining as I write this... Niseko Village are actually reporting light snow higher up on the resort area.

Just when people thought it was all over, the best part of 10cm or so of fresh snow in the village base area this morning - and no doubt a bit more up top too. The resort has added 3cm to the upper snow depth as a result.

It is a cloudy start to the day here in Niseko. Keeping fairly cold. It's another almost calm morning with not much wind at the moment so the lifts at Niseko Annupuri and Niseko Grand Hirafu should be open as planned this morning.

Lots of cloud around this morning but breaks in them as well. For now early on things are nice and calm and I would imagine planned lifts will be open this Saturday morning.

It's almost like winter has returned! More new snow to report overnight and light snow falling this morning... looks like we may have a snowy day in front of us. Alas, windy too and it's going to be affecting lift operations today it seems.

More snow this morning! Another 10cm here in village to add to what we had yesterday and no doubt more on the upper areas of the mountain as well.

More cloud this morning but some breaks in it as well over to the east, but generally just a cloudy day. But.... some snow too. Up to 5cm or so in places!

The top Jumbo Number 4 lift at Niseko Annupuri has been on and off a few times this morning due to a mix of poor visibility and wind, with the top lifts at Niseko Grand Hirafu also similarly affected by the wind.

We sure got a lot of rain over the weekend. Really heavy rain falling through into the middle of Sunday and I can't imagine it has done any favours for the snow conditions and hearing of some slides on the mountain as well.

Ah yes, rain. It's raining this morning. It's all wet and windy I'm afraid, pretty wild conditions and not much fun to be out at all. Time for an onsen.

Good morning from Niseko once again. Not too many of those left this season, though it feels like I've been posting reports forever but today an afternoon one makes a change.