It get rather mild yesterday and after a fine morning and some really nice conditions it clouded over bringing with it a bit of wet later in the day and thanfully turning into snow overnight.

Not much to report down low but top runs getting a slight refresh with 5cm being reported from Uenotaira, Hikage and Nagasaka areas; and 3cm on the Yamabiko runs. (Add a zero after those numbers please!) But still head up top to find the fresh this morning.

While it's still quite cloudy, there's lots - and increasingly more - blue sky appearing and it looks like today should be a mix of cloudy and sunny conditions. Hopefully it will remain below zero for the day.

Tomorrow, well, milder conditions again and late in the day a chance of rain again I'm afraid. In the village at least, hopefully it will click into snow gear quickly.

For those planning to visit over the weekend, right now the forecasts seem to agree on cloud/sun on Saturday and then another mild day on Sunday that might bring rain across the mountain. If that happens Saturday would be the pick for the weekend.

Sorry to have to talk about the 'r' word - we can hope these forecasts are just wrong!

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Wednesday 29th January 2014:

Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 275cm
Uenotaira - 235cm
Hikage - 145cm
Nagasaka - 135cm
Karasawa - 95cm

Lifts
All lifts operating except:
Yunomine pair
Mizunashi triple
Challenge pair
Utopia pair
Hikage Number 2 pair B

Courses
All courses open except:
Kandahar East
Kandahar West