It is certainly a very different looking morning than yesterday.

This morning there is just a think layer of snow to report. Fast moving cloud at the early on with some patches of blue sky.

I have a bit of fresh snow to report to you this Sunday morning.

It feels colder this morning and we have some snow falling.

Light snow is still (just about) falling but it is increasingly bright in some directions - even some blue sky showing through in places.

Snow, wind, low visibility... it's one of those mornings, with all top lifts as well as the Niseko Village gondola are on hold.

Earlier clouds have been moving on and there's blue sky opening up above us as I put this report together.

This morning there is cloud, there is some light snow falling and there is even a bit of sunshine breaking through in places.

Yesterday as of 4pm it was a case of some cloud and some blue sky, though it was still snowing lightly over at Hanazono. Very pretty.

For all the talk of hints of spring around various corners, it is good to report a good dose of winter!

Winds and low visibility (in places) are back this morning, with top lifts and the gondolas at Village and Annupuri on hold this morning.

Yesterday it was getting fairly bright around lunchtime and brighter still by the end of the day with quite a lot of blue sky out towards Mt Yotei.

Much of Japan might well be experiencing sunny skies and very spring like weather this weekend, but here in Niseko we are still covered in cloud.

I had to cancel my 'research' yesterday and was not able to make it out on the mountain.