Yesterday started off with those clear blue skies but by late morning mostly thin cloud had covered lots of the sky and it was even snowing lightly in a few higher areas.

It's one of those days when you really want to get out for first tracks.

Morning from Yuzawa and I'm happy to report that there's some more fresh snow to report.

It started raining yesterday evening and was still raining last time I was outside at 10:30am, but the very good news is that this morning we have woken to some fresh snow on the ground.

Hello and good morning from Yuzawa where there's some fresh snow on the ground.

Snow started falling yesterday morning.

Back to snow.

Yesterday we got more snow falling for lots of the day and this morning I have measured a further 22cm to add to what we got yesterday.

It's a very good morning from Yuzawa, where it has been snowing like how we expect it to snow here.

Yesterday the snow was on and off for most of the day until mid afternoon - and actually falling quite heavily at some times, I'm happy to report so I imagine a fairly decent amount fell especially in higher areas.

I spent most of the day yesterday in Nagaoka City which is north of Yuzawa and came back in the evening to some light snowfall in Yuzawa though no new cm on the ground.

It was snowing for most of the day yesterday - and actually coming down pretty good during the day on the mountain.

Good morning from Yuzawa where there has just been a dusting of snow overnight and light snow is falling now in the Ishiuchi area just to the north of central Yuzawa (where I am posting from this morning).

This morning it is snowing and there's 3cm fresh on the ground.