The snow clouds stuck around for perhaps longer than expected yesterday. The snowy and windy conditions remained especially in higher areas affecting the resort operations at Kagura in particular but calmer down at town level. By the end of the day for the resorts the snow had stopped for the most part and it started to clear up.

This morning, there is still some cloud but more blue sky and the sun is out right now. The forecast is for a sunny bright day and it looks like that is what we will get perhaps clouding over in the afternoon (or sooner?). With the good snowfall over the last few days conditions should be excellent out there. Pick of the day must go to Kagura - the main area up there hasn't been open for a few days and so there should be lots of deep powder to be found up there.

It is -2 degrees at the moment but Yuzawa town will see a high of around +5 later on in the day so it is going to warm up. This week we should see warmer temperatures still. Sadly it looks like we will also be having some rain tomorrow, followed by fine weather on Wednesday and then maybe more rain Thursday.

For now though, enjoy!

Official resort snow depths @ 8th Feb 10, AM:
Mt Naeba:
290cm
Kagura:
350cm
Kagura - Tashiro:
320cm
GALA Yuzawa:
380cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
330cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
295cm
Iwappara:
320cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
340cm
Nunoba:
240cm
Yuzawa Park:
270cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
260cm
Kayama Captain Coast:
300cm