A very good cold and snowy morning from Yuzawa.

As expected we got some rain yesterday as temperatures remained fairly mild and not going down into negative numbers.

Just a few cm more to add from around the resorts since yesterday, though with another 10cm on my car during the day that's the number I'm adding below.

Resorts around town reporting 5cm of snow this morning - ranging from town level to Kagura.

Cloudy and sort of snowing on and off yesterday, and overnight too.

Kagura is reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall overnight.

Here we are into 2014 already. Why does time seem to speed up so much once the winter season gets underway!

Yesterday saw those fine skies over the valley once again with cloud and even snow falling to the north in Niigata Prefecture.

The sun is out this morning! It's not supposed to be, but it is!

Light snow yesterday but it didn't amount to much during the day though in the evening the snow started falling with a bit more conviction.

So yesterday started off with lovely clear skies and mid morning there were some deep blues to enjoy, though quite quickly things changed and by lunchtime it was still bright but overcast.

5-10cm or so of snow on the car this morning and resorts around Yuzawa are reporting 5-20cm of fresh snow overnight.

While it was snowing on and off yesterday, it didn't really end up with much in terms of new cm.

Snow has arrived in Yuzawa again with about 10-15cm on lower slopes of resorts from Naeba to Maiko being reported.