A few cm of fresh snow this morning on the ground outside my place at base and earlier on the sun was out but it has since clouded over somewhat.

Morning from a snowy and windy Zao again. Over 10cm of fresh snow on the ground, cold, strong winds blowing it about and poor visibility is the story of the day here.

Coldest day of the season? Might well be.

Strong winds this morning... and lots of the mountain is closed due to those conditions at the moment meaning a bit of congestion on the base lifts open.

A good new amount of snow to report this morning from here in Zao. 20cm or so I would say, which hopefully means something more than that on the mountain.

The day ended up with some fairly wild conditions yesterday - enough to have the night time "light up" cancelled unfortunately.

First of all one thing about yesterdays report... I didn't mean that "no new snow" was a good thing, just that the weather was very fine and that it was a feel good day out and about.

Light snow on and off I said yesterday. Well, yes, snow... and strong winds at time. It was blowing a gale at times, and it even stopped the ski jump competition at times over at the jump-dai.

A moderate wind this morning though we are all open.

Just another few cm of snow this morning in Zao and it is snowing now.

It was a beautiful day in Zao yesterday. Now we have had our fix of sun, back to snow please!

Similar look to things this morning. Cold, cloudy, 3cm of fresh snow.

Thick fog means I can't see much outside the window this morning. I can see the 10cm or so on the top of the car though outside.

Morning from Zao. Another cold morning and another 2-3cm or so of fresh snow to report.