Hello and good morning from Hakuba.

After that lovely start to the day yesterday, cloud moved in during the afternoon with light snow falling at higher elevations. The forecast was right, though while a few resorts are reporting a few cm of fresh on mountain there's no fresh cm down at base.

It is a cold start to this morning. There is actually a fair amount of cloud still up there, but also a lot of blue sky and the sun is out at the moment. A nice start to the day and first tracks should be very nice.

The forecast for today is sun with temperatures perhaps rising to just over zero later on.

Tomorrow really does look like it is going to warm up. One local forecast says it'll be as high as 8C in the afternoon in the village. We can only hope that isn't the case!

But still, it doesn't appear that the unseasonal warmth will last too long with temperatures dropping and snowfall due from sometime Friday. Perhaps some rain before that happens at lower elevations.

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Resort news as of 8:35am on Wednesday 15th February 2017:

All information as available and subject to change during the day due to weather and snow conditions.

Hakuba 47:
Hakuba 47 is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall this morning.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Upper: 285cm
Base: 150cm

Hakuba Goryu:
Hakuba Goryu is reporting 0-3cm of fresh snowfall.
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth
Alps: 345cm
Toomi: 180cm
Iimori: 140cm

Hakuba Happo-one:
Hakuba Happo-one is reporting 3cm of fresh snowfall (Riesen quad top).
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira: 255cm
Kurobishi: 260cm
Lower: 160cm

Tsugaike Kogen:
The resort appears to be opening as planned this morning.
Official snow depth:
Tsuga-no-mori: 330cm
Han-no-ki: 325cm
Maruyama: 160cm
Oya-no-hara: 180cm
Kane-no-naru-oka: 170cm

Hakuba Cortina:
The resort is reporting 0cm of fresh snowfall.
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 249cm

Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field:
Official snow depth:
Top: 210cm
Base: 120cm

Hakuba Norikura Onsen:
Official snow depth:
Top: 260cm

Kashimayari:
Official snow depth:
Top: 210cm

Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
Top: 145cm

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Planned nighta operations - be sure to check with resorts for latest:

Hakuba Goryu:
Planned to be open daily from 6pm until 9:30pm

Tsugaike Kogen:
Planned at the Katamatsu-Shirakaba area February 18th; March 4th, 11th, 18th, 19th (6pm until 9pm)

Hakuba Cortina:
Planned to be open daily from 5pm until 8pm (until 9pm on Saturdays)

Hakuba Happo-one:
Planned to be open daily until 9pm on the Nakiyama area.

Kashimayari:
Planned to be open daily.

There is no night skiing at the other resorts in the area.