Yesterday ended up with lovely blue skies above Niseko in the afternoon and this morning I just have another few cm to report.

So yesterday wasn't a particularly nice day.

Another 10cm or so of fresh snowfall here in the Hirafu area since the report yesterday with some nice snow coming down in the afternoon yesterday making for poor visibility on the mountain.

Best day of the early season so far yesterday with more terrain open and that fresh coating of snow to enjoy, with it snowing for most of the day in the end.

Better news this morning as we have another 15cm of snow to report in Hirafu. It's colder too, so feeling much more winter-like than it has been this last week.

It's a cloudy morning here in Hirafu with just a sprinkling of snow since yesterday.

Just over 5cm of fresh snow since my report yesterday.

So we are now into December and the second day of the season here.