In the early hours of the morning I woke up and felt pretty cold compared to usual. Never mind, a re-arrangement of the bed covers worked out. Waking up this morning and going outside to check the temperatures revealed why...-18c in the village. Thats right almost -20c in the village! Now even for locals that feels cold, and is certainly going to send a few people with marginal gloves to their friendly glove retailer today.

As often with very cold Furano days the rest of the weather info is good. Today follows that pattern with a perfect day. There is deep blue sky all over the mountain and strong early morning sunshine is making the snow sparkle. Add no wind into he mix and it gets even better.

There is only a dusting of fresh snow to report, but who is going to complain with all the fresh snow from the last two days. Well I am off to look for a couple of heat packs to slip into my gloves before heading out.