Good morning from Hakuba! It is snowing lightly early on this morning with a current temperature of -6 C. 5cm of new snow has fallen over the past 24 hours in the valley and we are experiencing cold temperatures with clearing skies today. We will probably get to see some blue skies and maybe also the sun appearing from behind the clouds later on.

More snowfall has fallen on the slopes overnight with for example Goryu reporting 20cm and Hakuba Cortina reporting up to 35cm. More details on that below.

Up on the resorts it is projected to range from -4 C to -11 C near the bottom lifts with a wind chill of -15 C and reach -12 C to -17 C at the top of the mountains with a wind chill of -28 C. So bundle up and keep warm. The freezing level will remain low and winds will be coming in from the WNW and WSW at a rate of 2m/s.

We should see light snowfall through the morning with skies clearing as the day progresses. This should provide great visibility and nice ski conditions out there. Sunday is forecast to start with light cloud cover and sunny patches throughout the day and similarly with the beginning of the new week. However for the first half of next week, it is projected to start warming up with the freezing level creeping up the mountain side.

Hope you have a fun weekend.

Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 11th February 2012 AM:

Hakuba Goryu:
Goryu reporting 20cm on upper slopes and just a few cm of new snowfall on lower slopes. All lifts operating.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 330cm;
Toomi - 180cm;
Iimori - 140cm.

Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 report 15cm of new snowfall this Saturday morning. All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 246cm
Lower - 155cm

Happo-one:
Ski lifts/courses:
All lifts apart from Happo No1, Central pair, Skyline No2 pair and Kita One No3 pair operating this morning.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 200cm;
Sakka - 120cm;
Nakiyama - 110cm.

Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 260cm
Champion - 200cm

Hakuba Cortina:
Cortina is reporting another 25-35cm of new snowfall. All courses open today, No7 pair not operating on weekdays.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 355cm
Lower - 240cm

Hakuba Norikura:
Official snow depth:
200cm

Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper - 160cm
Lower - 100cm

Hakuba Sanosaka:
155cm

Hakuba Minekata:
100cm