Blimey, it was extremely cold just before when I went out to measure the snow.

Back to snow! And on this last report of January I bring you news of 11cm of fresh snowfall at base up until 8am.

There is a modest amount of fresh snow on the ground this morning.

I can bring you news of some new cm of snow this morning. Not a large amount - just under 5cm (but I'm remembering those few unreported mm from yesterday).

So yes, yesterday was rather wild. The bottom Hanazono quad lift got moving as did a few Jumbo lifts over at Annupuri, but lots of the lifts remained at a standstill as the wind blew.

It's a wild one and I am going to keep it short.

Yesterday was indeed a fine morning as many good folk scrambled to get up to the top area that had been previously closed due to winds. It was really good up there.

Good morning to you all. Hopefully we're all in one piece after that weather yesterday.

There has been some noisy winds blowing around and being naughty, it's very cold, there's lots of fresh snow around.

I have measured just a few cm of snow this morning.

I think sitting out yesterday was a good idea, though while lift operations were limited a friend of mine came back very happy with his day of adventure in the snow.

As expected, some pretty wild conditions up here at the moment.

Lots of lovely fresh snow to report this morning. Oh yes. I am measuring 23cm of it here around my secret base lair.

Had some early toast this morning before going out for a quick walk around Hirafu base area.