It was positively arctic conditions first thing this morning, however, the sun is now out and the winds have died down.

Well it really hit last night with snow storms being experienced across the western side of Japan.

Snowy and windy conditions this morning.

The forecast says sunny spells and the sun is indeed battling to break through the cloud cover.

Whoo hoo, lots of new snow today.

The forecast says sunny spells and indeed it was - for the first hour of the day.

Aargh, we need more snow! The ground is hard with nodules of ice strewn about with some ice burns.

Whilst clear at base, half way upwards I make visibility at about 100-150m with moderate to stiff winds.

After a fairly sunny day yesterday (which failed to dislodge the 2' of snow still on my roof because of the temperature), we're back to fog, a recurring pattern here.

As at report time, the sun is out at base with misty conditions further up, but, on the far-right side (summit/Utopia/Kurohime) it is snowing.

Not that much fresh snow this morning but, what there is, is very fluffy.

This morning the mountain tops are bathed in sunlight and it is a beautiful morning. Very cold though and any water spilt quickly turns to ice.

It snowed a treat last night (with high winds). Winds have dropped today and all lifts which are supposed to be running are.

Joy! Sufficient snow to cover up the grooming so floating this morning.