Some dark cloud around this morning, at the same time some breaks in the cloud and blue sky showing and at times some very light snow falling slowly... so there's a lot going on this morning with changeable conditions. Temperatures remain low today and are mostly below zero.

Despite the generally fine and relatively warm weather for large parts of March, there is still a lot of snow around with almost 2m in most areas. So things still look good for a fairly long spring season with Yokoteyama planning to be open in some form right through until the end of May. See below for the latest...

Nighta at the following resort areas of Shiga Kogen tonight:

- Ichinose Family
- Ichinose Diamond
- Kumanoyu

The following are the current planned closing dates for the resort areas of Shiga Kogen. Of course, these are subject to change depending on the conditions:

Sun Valley, Maruike, Hasuike, Giant:
6th April

Ichinose Family:
Normal operations until 31st March. After that, the Ichinose quad & Ichinose Pair No2 (B) lifts will be running until 6th May.

Mammoth:
Open fully until 31st March, then after that part open depending on the day.

Okushiga Kogen:
The resort plans to be open until 6th May.

Yakebitaiyama:
The resort plans to be open until 6th April and then after that on weekends and holidays until 6th May.

Kumanoyu:
After 6th April, the Number 1 & 2 lifts should be open until 6th May (with other lifts open on holidays). The resort hopes to be open until 11th May.

Yokoteyama:
After 6th April, Yokoteyama No 1,2,3 Sky lifts and Shibutoge No. 1 Romance lift plan to be open until 6th May. After that the resort hopes to be open until the end of May.