Yesterday never really warmed up that much, probably because the sun was hiding for the day.

By afternoon we had rain falling as forecast and it is raining lightly now, not sure whether it has been raining through the night or not. Unfortunately even higher resorts like Kagura and GALA Yuzawa are not escaping the rain.

Lots of cloud and fog this morning, so it's not going to get that warm today either - high of up to about 8C?

Tomorrow is forecast to be warm and sunny, and Saturday warmer still. We might see temperatures rise to 20 degrees in town on Saturday. Come prepared!

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Here's the latest on when Yuzawa skijo intend to be open until:

Until 31st March:
Yuzawa Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa

Until 1st April:
Yuzawa Park

Until 6th April:
Yuzawa Nakazato
Nakazato Snow Wood
Iwappara
NASPA Ski Garden
Ipponsugi

Until 6th May:
Naeba (weekends only from 7th April)
GALA Yuzawa
Kagura (Tashiro)

Until 25th May:
Kagura (Mitsumata)

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Here's the latest on when Minamiuonuma skijo intend to be open until:

until 30th March:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview (weekends only)
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Itsukamachi

Until 31st March:
Chateaux Shiozawa

Until 6th April:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Maiko Snow Resort - but open again on 12th/13th April
Joetsu Kokusai

(Muikamachi Hakkaisan closed on 23rd March)

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Official resort snow depths @ Thursday 27th March 2014, AM:
Naeba:
190cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
300cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
350cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
215cm
Gala Yuzawa:
370cm
Iwappara:
175cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
230cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
150cm
Yuzawa Park:
180cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
230cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
240cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
190cm