It snowed in the early hours of the morning above 1500m over the peaks of Mt. Tengunokashira and Mt. Shiroumadake. The fierce wind was blowing snowflakes over Hakuba village around 1:00am which melted away with the rising sun. The weather outlook for today is cloudy, windy and showers throughout the day with temperatures between 1 degree and 6 degrees Celsius.

At the moment there are a few breaks in the cloud and areas of blue sky above the village - the sun making appearances as well - but clouds are shrouding the upper half of the mountains. Tomorrow and possibly Saturday 24th there is a greater chance of snow showers.

Hakuba Goryu is back open today after the winds forcing closure yesterday and Hakuba 47 is waiting on snow. As we all are of course. No other news at the moment I'm afraid, we'll just have to wait on nature.