There is no new snow to report unfortunately, but conditions on the resort are still remaining good especially up high where there’s more snow. The lower slopes still don’t have the depth that we would all like to see yet and less than we had last year, but the upper areas of the mountains are comparable with last season at the end of December.

Expect smooth groomed conditions on the beginner runs, packed powder and crud on expert runs and some good mogul lines forming on the steeper terrain. It was quite busy on all the resorts yesterday – especially on the lower slopes due to some upper lifts not being open – but we can expect to find some longer lines for and in the restaurants out there today. Try to avoid the bottle-necks and lunch hour rushes to get the most out of your pass.

It looks like we are going to have sun and clouds until Sunday night, then some snowfall expected on Sunday evening. So might be some fresh powder for New Year evening.

All the best in 2012 everyone, powder dreams and face-shots galore!

Upper slopes may still have cloudy conditions with poorer visibility but come down out of those areas and it’s nice and sunny as we enter the afternoon. On those upper slopes though some stronger winds have caused some lifts not to move this morning… the upper slopes of Goryu have been closed and the Hakuba 47 gondola was not moving until about an hour ago as well. At Happo the Grad quad and Kurobishi No3 lifts aren’t moving, the latter due to the windy conditions.

The sun may be out but temperatures are staying low and cold and right now it is -2 degrees in the village. The latest forecast for Hakuba is that we should see clear conditions tomorrow, followed by snow later in the day and overnight into Monday.

Of course, tomorrow is New Years Eve and there are more people getting out on the hills now as people arrive for their New Year holiday but things seemed manageable out there and not too crowded. Some of the upper areas being closed is making some lower slopes busier though. We can expect more people coming tomorrow and over the weekend as well of course.

It’s another beautiful sunny morning here in the village. No new overnight snow to report and really really low temperature since we got almost no clouds up there. Very cold.

Conditions up on the slopes should be very similar to how they were yesterday. Groomed runs will be a bit harder than yesterday, but you should be able to find some stash from a few days ago between the trees and some spots on the side of the runs.

Calm NE wind and visibility is clear.

We are looking forward to some more snow starting this evening and then some more sunny days over the New Year weekend.

Conditions on the hill today are packed powder, groomed and some fresh powder if you get up there early and can find some secret spots. There are also some sweet moguls forming if that is your style as well. Presently the resorts are open top to bottom and there is some great skiing all over the mountain. We had some really strong winds yesterday so a lot of the lifts were closed, hopefully the wind will subside today.

We are looking forward to some snow on Thursday night and some more sunny days for the New Year weekend. So get your sliding apparatus and get our there, it is going to be a good one.

Today the cloud bank is quite high so we have perfect visibility and even some sunshine to make things even better. The winds were really high this morning so some lifts may be affected and exposed ridges will definitely have some wind slab forming.

Conditions on the hills will be powder, chopped powder and crud. Then on the beginner runs we should have some nice smooth groomed terrain. Hopefully it will (and should) stay cold and we can keep the base we have. It is really nice to have the ability to ski most of the mountains now, even though early this morning some lifts are stopped by winds preventing that. Hopefully soon those conditions will change allowing more lifts to get back moving.

The forecast is calling for a clear sunny day tomorrow and then hopefully we are back to some more snow on Thursday. The temperatures are all looking into the minus range so our snowpack should remain frozen.

Happy sliding.