There is a layer of fresh snow on the ground and the sun shining down on us. It is a cold and beautiful morning.

This morning the resort is reporting 10cm of fresh snow on the top Yamabiko and Uenotaira areas overnight.

What I can say is that there is a thin layer of snow on the ground down to base and the resort is reporting 2cm since yesterday at 3pm.

A good 10cm down at base since yesterday.

If my recording of the numbers yesterday evening was correct, the resort was reporting 10-32cm (base-top) of snowfall during the day yesterday and this morning there is another 10-22cm.

This morning the report is reporting 10-17cm of fresh snow.

I think we were expecting more snow than we got yesterday; it just didn't amount to much. I have just a little to add from after my report yesterday.

I am happy to be able to report that we have survived yesterdays weather (at least the top lifts got moving) and it is currently snowing.

No fresh snowfall being reported by the resort since yesterday, the light snow didn't really amount to much though I reckon there's probably a few out there.

The sight of fresh snow always does the trick.

The resort is reporting another 45cm up top and 30cm down at base.

I didn't need many words yesterday morning. It was my best day of the season so far, easy. The resort was busy, but it's big so there's always places to play.

66cm of fresh snowfall being reported by the resort on the top Yamabiko area since yesterday (55cm of that since 3pm); 46-61cm on lower slopes.

After a day of beautiful snow, it is a beautiful sunny morning here in Nozawa.