Yesterday temperatures in the village rose above the magic 0c mark and stayed there through the day and night. The roads around town have turned to slush and the spring clean up is in progress with snow clearing machinery in operation everywhere. Temperatures at base are still above 0c this morning and the sound of water dripping from roofs can be heard. This sounds so strange after having months of sub zero temperatures keeping everything frozen.

There has been 10cm of fresh snow around town and it has a high moisture content. On the ski area itself I would expect the moisture content to be less with higher elevations. From this evening temperatures at base will once again retreat to belwo zero and should stay that way for most of the week with evenings being particularly cold.

During March there are race competitions being held on Furano Resort. The following courses are closed for the competitions:

Panorama Course, closed March 5-9
Technical Course, closed March 5-9
Spies Course, closed March 5-11 & 25
Ropeway Course, closed March 5-11