Hello and good morning from Hakuba and it's one of those easier days to report on.

No new to report from around the valley, but it's another cracker of a morning. Bright blue skies all round and the sun shining down on us. It was much cloudier when I got up a few hours ago, but cleared up very quickly and now there's hardly any clouds around at all. Beautiful morning.

Which is all well and good of course but we could do with a good delivery of light snow to freshen things up. Maybe some snow tomorrow into Friday but more promising looking is due on Sunday into early next week. Could be a decent dump lined up there.

It's keeping cold which is good, hopefully the sun won't warm things up too much. High of around 0C forecast for today and tomorrow daytime.

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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Wednesday 4th February 2015. Subject to change during the day:

Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
All courses planned to be open (except Adventure Course).

- Alps Daira - 290cm
- Toomi - 170cm
- Iimori - 170cm

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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
Tree Riding Zone is open.

- Upper - 295cm
- Lower - 175cm

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Happo-one:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snow at Usagidaira.
Happo Banks The Snow Park is now open.

- Usagidaira - 320cm
- Nakiyama - 170cm
- Sakka - 170cm

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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
Open as planned this morning.

- Upper - 430cm
- Lower - 260cm

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Tsugaike Kogen:
Uma-no-se and Forest courses not open first thing this morning.
Please note that the top Tsugaike Ropeway only opens for spring season.

- Tsuga-no-mori - 345cm
- Maruyama - 195cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 215cm

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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.

- Upper - 260cm
- Lower - 155cm

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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.

- 285cm

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Kashimayari:
All areas now open.

- 200cm

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Night skiing at resorts in the Hakuba area:

Hakuba Goryu:
Toomi area every day until 31st March. 6pm until 9:30pm.
Hakuba Happo-one:
Nakiyama area every day until mid March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Kane-no-naru-oka on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th. 6pm until 8:50pm.
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in January; February 7th, 14th, 28th; Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.
Kashimayari:
Every day until 15th March. 4:30pm until 9:30pm.