Good morning.

There is a layer of fresh snow on the ground and the sun shining down on us. It is a cold and beautiful morning.

I have changed the "courses that are closed" list to "courses that remain open".

Take care everyone, and please read the message below.

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Tuesday 17th March 2020

Fresh snowfall recorded by resort since yesterday afternoon at 3pm:

- Apologies, I was not able to make a note of official numbers from 8am-3pm during the daytime yesterday
- The below numbers are overnight
- Yamabiko (1407m): 10cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 10cm
- Hikage (660m): 10cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 10cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm [not reporting]

Official snow depth numbers (reported by resort):

- Yamabiko (1407m): 215cm
- Uenotaira (1230m): 140cm
- Hikage (660m): 30cm
- Nagasaka (615m): 15cm
- Karasawa (563m): -cm

All lifts normally operating apart from the following lifts:

- Karasawa pair
- Kandahar pair
- Challenge pair
- Utopia pair
- Mizunashi triple

The following courses remain open:

- Yamabiko A
- Yamabiko B
- Yamabiko C
- Yamabiko D
- Yamabiko E
- Kogenashi A
- Kogenashi B
- Uenotaira
- Paradise
- Yunomine A
- Yunomine B
- Mizunashi A
- Mizunashi B
- Bunabayashi
- Challenge
- Challenge 39
- Utopia A
- Rinkan
- Ushikubi
- Hikage (part)
- Isemiya
- Nagasaka
- Kumataka
- Kitsune