Overnight temperatures stayed above zero dropping down to only about +3 in town after the warm day that we had yesterday. At the moment it is +6 degrees and a high of +7 is forecast. So, the big question - is it raining? Well, right now just spitting really very light rain and the roads are still looking dry. We are still due for rain today though, but if it can just keep on doing it like it is now rather than falling more heavily we will be lucky. There's a fairly strong wind blowing about as well and that seems to be affecting lifts at Kagura and Naeba (see the Naeba Now page) but resorts around town seem to generally be open as normal.

Tomorrow is going to be another warm one but temps will drop later on and we might have a chance of light snowfall still into Monday.

Official resort snow depths @ Saturday 17th March 12, AM:
Mt Naeba:
280cm
Kagura:
380cm
Kagura - Tashiro:
350cm
GALA Yuzawa:
390cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
320cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
285cm
Iwappara:
215cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
310cm
Yuzawa Park:
220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
205cm
Ludens Yuzawa:
170cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama:
280cm
Centleisure Maiko:
365cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
220cm