It is of course the last day of Febraury and as they say here, spring from tomorrow. Not sure I agree with that, probably because I don't want spring to come and the fact that parts of Shiga Kogen open through until the end of May. That's another three months.

But it does actually feel spring-like today. Warm and toasty out on the slopes with hardly any wind either. Blue skies up above. It's calm and quiet.

Similar, maybe warmer still, forecast for tomorrow. Temperates set to plummet though overnight into Saturday and snow along with windy conditions forecast for Saturday as of now. Rain is very likely lower down in the valley but we will probably escape such horrors. One of the advantages of being up high like we are here.

Nighta operations planned for tonight at the following resort areas:
Ichinose Family

Official resort snow depths as of Thursday 28th February 2013 AM:

Yokoteyama:
240cm
Shibutoge:
245cm
Kumanoyu:
240cm
Sun Valley:
160cm
Maruike:
160cm
Giant:
170cm
Mammoth:
180cm
Terakoya:
220cm
Ichinose Family:
200cm
Ichinose Diamond:
200cm
Yakebitaiyama:
270cm
Okushiga Kogen:
270cm