Good morning from Hakuba.

And so, rain it was last night and indeed at times rather heavily.

But the good news is that this morning the rain has eased off, there's not much of a wind to talk about and things are clear and crisp.

There has been a very pretty sea of clouds hanging over the village early on, though that will probably quite quickly disappear. It's pretty warm too, 10C as of 8:30am - and it's probably going to warm up to around 18C or perhaps even higher (which seems to have been a pattern this season).

Should be a good morning though, full on spring conditions taken into account and we might get some sunshine as well.

Still, Hakuba Happo-one are reporting 230cm of snow depth up by the Grat quad lift at 1831m, and Hakuba Goryu have an official snow depth of 169cm. Still a fair bit of snow higher up though warm conditions and rain mean that it is inevitably getting less.

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6 day forecast for Happo-one:

6 day snow and weather forecast for Happo-one

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Resort news as of 8:50am on Thursday 14th April 2016 (where available, all subject to change due to weather conditions)

Hakuba 47:
Most courses at Hakuba 47 remain open.
The lower part of R1 course is closed - but all courses are still available top to bottom.
Beginners are recommended to use the Gondola to get back to base.
The Tree Riding Zone is now closed for the season.
Official snow depth:
Upper: 90cm
Base: 30cm

Hakuba Goryu:
The top area of Goryu - Panorama, Grand Prix and Super courses - remain open.
The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed.
Get the Gondola back down to base.
Official snow depth
Alps: 169cm
Toomi: -cm
Iimori: -cm

Hakuba Happo-one:
The lower areas of the resort - apart from part of Nakiyama South - are now closed.
Riesen Slalom Course and the lower Nakiyama South courses are now closed, there is no longer any courses open back down to base.
Upper Riesen Grat Course, Usagidaira, Kurobishi, Skyline and Panorama course areas remain open.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 95cm
Nakiyama: -cm

Tsugaike Kogen:
The top Tsuga-no-mori and Upper Han-no-ki areas remain open.
All other courses are now closed.
The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required).
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 150cm
Maruyama: -cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: -cm

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Other resorts are now closed for the season.