Good morning everyone.

The long weekend is over and today we are back to something like normal. Though of course it is still peak season.

Fresh snowfall headlines as I can find them:

Hakuba Cortina: 10cm (base); 15cm (top)
Hakuba Norikura: 10cm
Hakuba 47: 0cm (but saying that blowing winds stole the measuring point of 5-10cm of fallen snow!)
Hakuba Happo-one: 10cm (top of Riesen)

Some snow falling later in the afternoon yesterday though nothing major and this morning we seem to have around 10cm of fresh on the mountain. Earlier snow has eased away and right now there's actually an increasing amount of blue sky over the village, though still a lot of cloud around the mountains and snow falling along with very limited visibility in places. So a real mix of weather conditions over the region this morning, as you sometimes get of course.

Hopefully we'll be getting some more snowfall tonight.

I know the numbers are far from the whole story and as always I encourage people to not dwell on them. Just to dwell on them for a moment though (doh); I just wish that I could have more days when I was able to report some really big silly mad snow numbers to you. They're always fun and exciting. We're just not seeing many of those days this time... BUT, I have had some excellent days out there and I plan to have many more. And I hope that you can too!

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Ski resort information on Tuesday 12th February 2019:
The below info is checked manually each morning and believed to be correct at time of report.
All ski resorts in the area are currently open. Any further resort specific notes made below.

Hakuba Happo-one

Official snow depth:
- Kurobishi: 270cm
- Usagidaira: 175cm
- Nakiyama: 135cm

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Hakuba Goryu

Official snow depth:
- Top: 290cm
- Toomi: 155cm
- Iimori: 110cm

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Hakuba 47

Official snow depth:
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 135cm

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Tsugaike Kogen

Official snow depth:
- Tsuga-no-mori: 350cm
- Han-no-ki: 320cm
- Maruyama: 140cm
- Shirakaba: 260cm
- Champion: 150cm
- Oya-no-hara: 180cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka: 160cm

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Hakuba Cortina

Official snow depth:
- Top: 285cm
- Base: 180cm

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Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field

Official snow depth:
- Mountain Side: 200cm
- Village Side: 120cm

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Hakuba Norikura Onsen

Official snow depth:
- 260cm

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Hakuba Valley Kashimayari

Official snow depth:
- 215cm

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Hakuba Sanosaka

Official snow depth:
- Top: 190cm
- Base: 120cm

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Night time skiing (nighta) at resorts in the region - weather & conditions permitting
The below 'nighta' information will not be updated every day - please check with resorts if you plan to go!

Hakuba Happo-one
Daily from 5:00pm until 9:00pm in the Nakiyama base area (Nakiyama Number 2 pair lift)
Adults - 2,000 yen; children - 1,200 yen

Hakuba Goryu
Daily from 6:00pm until 9:30pm in the Toomi area until 31st March
The Sky Four quad operates daily; the Number 2 pair mostly on Saturdays and holidays
Adults - 2,000 yen; children - 1,000 yen

Hakuba Cortina
Daily from 5:00pm until 8:00pm (until 9:00pm on Saturdays and certain holidays)
Adults - 1,500 yen; children - 1,000 yen

Tsugaike Kogen
Karamatsu Shirakaba area from 6:00pm until 9:00pm on 9th, 10th, 16th February; 2nd March
Adults - 2,200 yen; children - 1,700 yen