It was rain for most of the day yesterday. Not nice.

Enough of that, let's try to wipe it from our memories. And that will be quite easy this morning because anyone getting higher up on the mountains today will be treated to a truly spectacular view of a thick sea of clouds covering the valley - with blue skies above it.

Truly stunning scenery. Get it while it lasts!

For those staying down in the village it's cloudy and foggy in places and not much to be seen at all. You need to get high up.

The cloud will probably disperse this morning leaving us with sunny conditions lower down as well and temperatures approaching double digits at base. More of that is expected tomorrow too after a clearer night tonight.

Oh yes, and snow is still expected on Monday and Tuesday. Just how much a return to winter like conditions it will be remains to be seen. Fingers crossed everyone.

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Official snow depth numbers and operations at time of writing on Friday 20th March 2015. Subject to change during the day:

Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.

- Alps Daira - 330cm
- Toomi - 160cm
- Iimori - 160cm

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Hakuba 47:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.

- Upper - 315cm
- Lower - 150cm

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Happo-one:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.

- Usagidaira - 280cm
- Nakiyama - 120cm
- Sakka - 155cm

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Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Checking going on early morning.

- Upper - 385cm
- Lower - 240cm

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Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsugaike Ropeway open!

- Tsuga-no-mori - 385cm
- Maruyama - 170cm
- Kane-no-naru-oka - 200cm

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

- Upper - 245cm
- Lower - 140cm

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Hakuba Norikura Onsen:

- 245cm

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Kashimayari:

- 165cm

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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 22nd March. 5pm until 9pm.
Hakuba Cortina:
Every day until 31st March. 5pm until 8pm.
Tsugaike Kogen:
Karamatsu-Shirakaba on Saturdays in March. 6pm until 9pm.