Kitanomine zone open and it's snowing heavily.

So that's good.

Two chairs plus the link which means if you are staying on Furano Zone, you have to get yourself back there before the link closes and vice versa, but that's no big deal. Very fun.

Ski hosts should start providing their voluntary services very soon which is great if you want somebody to show you how to recognise the linking run and chairs. But if you get stuck on the wrong side at the wrong time, Prince hotels run a shuttle and taxis are no big deal.

But anyway, at 10.30am it was -4 at the Sorachi River crossing into town. It was -2C on my verandah in Kitanomine at 10am.

Snowing nice and heavy with no wind. Perfect in Central Hokkaido where the snow is (dare we say it) almost too light and wind can make off with it if you're unlucky. Furano is lucky today.

Photo 1 is the resort map of what is open today. Night skiing is only on the Furano Zone still but I think that might change quickly.

Photo 2 is the lackluster photo I took of Kitanomine Zone today when I didn't realise it was open. Sorry about that.