This morning we are experiencing partly cloudy skies but with a good dose of sunshine. Not as clear as yesterday but still fine conditions. More cloud cover will make it's way in later in the day with a possibility of mild snow showers. Yesterdays weather consisting of beautiful blue skies and lots of sunshine has definitely solar affected the directly exposed slopes. Be prepared for variable snow conditions out there today.

Down near the valley we are expecting to have a range of 1 C to -3 C while up top on the resorts it will range from -6 C to -9 C and a windchill of -15 C. The freezing level will rise to 850m which is slightly above valley bottom while maintaining good visibility. Winds are light and coming from the West.

Wednesday should see fine clear skies again with a warm afternoon before the new weather system comes in on Thursday. While it will hopefully be snow up top, the village may well be on the receiving end of rain. After that, there is not a whole lot of snow on the weeks forecast at the moment.

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Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 21st February 2012 AM:

Hakuba Goryu:
No new snowfall early this morning. All lifts operating.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 325cm;
Toomi - 185cm;
Iimori - 145cm

Hakuba 47:
No new snowfall this morning. All courses open (Line D lift not operating weekdays).
Official snow depth:
Upper - 238cm
Lower - 140cm

Happo-one:
Ski lifts/courses:
All lifts apart from Usagidaira pair, Happo No1 pair and Central pair lifts operating. Currently the Kurobishi No3 and No2 lifts not moving due to wind (apparently) - not sure about that one, as it is not a particularly windy day.
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 210cm;
Sakka - 120cm;
Nakiyama - 90cm.

Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 270cm
Champion - 200cm

Hakuba Cortina:
No new snow overnight in Cortina. All courses open (No 7 pair lift closed weekdays).
Official snow depth:
Upper - 370cm
Lower - 240cm

Hakuba Norikura:
Official snow depth:
220cm

Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper - 180cm
Lower - 110cm

Hakuba Sanosaka:
165cm

Hakuba Minekata:
110cm