After a foggy early start with some clouds hanging on, it is blue skies and sun in Shiga Kogen this morning!

A very cold start to the day but the sun is making it very pleasant to be out and about and it should be a fine day on the slopes. There's not really much more to add to that this morning!

Tomorrow we will likely see similar conditions out there though over the next few days it will get a bit milder - though still remain below zero.

Saturday is still looking good to bring us some decent snow.

Nighta operations this evening planned at the following resort areas:

- Ichinose Family

Official resort snow depths as of 17th January 2012 AM:

Yokoteyama:
120cm
Shibutoge:
130cm
Kumanoyu:
125cm
Maruike:
120cm
Sun Valley:
120cm
Giant:
110cm
Mammoth:
140cm
Terakoya:
130cm
Ichinose Family:
100cm
Ichinose Diamond:
100cm
Yakebitaiyama:
160cm
Okushiga Kogen:
160cm