That lovely sea of clouds had cleared up by mid morning leaving us with some sunshine and blue skies, just a bit of cloud remaining. Lovely day.

This morning is all grey and cloudy with cloud forecast for the daytime and a good chance of rain tonight before we enter Saturday.

Tomorrow will probably start off wet down in the village, but could we see snow falling too with the freezing point hanging around 2000m. Some forecasts tell tales of snow on the upper areas and it would be very nice to see that. Let's see what happens...

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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Friday 10th April 2015. Subject to change during the day:

Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu plans to be at least part open until Wednesday 6th May.
Hakuba Goryu Telecabin Gondola, Alps Number 1 and 3 pair lifts operating.
Can still ski down to base using Toomi area.
The lower Iimori area is now closed.

- Alps Daira - 240cm
- Toomi - 75cm

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Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 plans to be at least part open until Wednesday 6th May.
Currently all open (top to bottom) apart from a small lower part of R7.
Tree Riding Zone now closed for the season.

- Upper - 205cm
- Lower - 65cm

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Happo-one:
Happo-one plans to be at least part open until Sunday 10th May.
Top areas of the resort remain open.
Can still ski down to base via Riesen and part of Nakiyama with the Nakiyama 3 lift and Gondola still operating.
Other lower areas of Happo-one are now closed.

- Usagidaira - 200cm
- Nakiyama - 15cm

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Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Kogen plans to be at least part open until Wednesday 6th May.
The Gondola as well as the top Tsuga Number 2 pair lift and Han-no-ki high speed pair lifts and Ropeway remain open.
Top areas and part of Maruyama and Oya-no-hara courses remain open.

- Tsuga-no-mori - 285cm

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Other resorts in the area are now closed for the season.