And after the snowy start to the day yesterday, conditions cleared up and this morning all of the clouds have disappeared from the region and it's one of those glorious, clear and sunny mornings again. It's kept cold overnight which is good but will probably be a fairly mild day today with the sun.

Less good is the forecast for tomorrow. It looks like many regions are in for rainfall but hopefully up here in Shiga Kogen we can avoid that and what comes down will be snow... but if the forecasts are correct then it is going to be borderline. Looking better for Sunday though or late on Sunday with snow possible into Monday along with colder temperatures.

Nighta operations this evening planned at the following resort area:

- Ichinose Family

Official resort snow depths as of Friday 16th March 2012 AM:

Yokoteyama:
230cm
Shibutoge:
235cm
Kumanoyu:
225cm
Maruike:
180cm
Sun Valley:
180cm
Giant:
150cm
Mammoth:
170cm
Terakoya:
190cm
Ichinose Family:
175cm
Ichinose Diamond:
175cm
Yakebitaiyama:
240cm
Okushiga Kogen:
240cm