Another 10cm or so of snow to add to the tally since the last report on the top runs, 5cm or so on the lower runs, as the snow tally mounts up nicely. It has been a cold morning in Nozawa, earlier on it was -3C in the village and -9C higher up on the mountain and it probably won't get up to 0C during the day.

The snow has eased off this morning and right now while there is still quite a lot of cloud up there, there's also a decent amount of blue sky on show and some shadows being cast onto the runs with the sun making an appearance.

Forecast has a mix of cloud, light snow and sun today and tomorrow. Looking to the weekend we might get a spot of rain even on the mountain but hopefully that will be short lived and a return to snowy clouds into next week.

In resort news, the Yunomine B course is now also open, so a decent section of the top half of the mountain is open. Hopefully more soon.

Lifts operating
Nagasaka Gondola
Yamabiko Four
Yamabiko No 2 Four
Uenotaira Four
Bunabayashi

Courses open
Yamabiko A Course
Yamabiko B Course
Yamabiko C Course
Yamabiko D Course
Yamabiko E Course
Kokenashi
Uenotaira
Yunomine B

Official snow depths
Yamabiko
150cm

Uenotaira
140cm

Hikage
60cm

Nagasaka
60cm

Karasawa
35cm

Official new snowfall
5cm (Karasawa)
10cm (Uenotaira)
10cm (Yamabiko)