Temperatures dropped considerably overnight and this morning the light rain in Hirafu village was falling as snow higher up on the mountain.
The new Hirafu Mountain Center, 15 November 2012
SNOW!!!!, 15 November 2012
Looking up from the Kogen ski run, 15 November 2012
The snow line was visible at around 700m the lowest it has reached so far for the 2012-13 season.
The latest additions to the upper village – Chalet Ivy and the Hirafu Mountain Center, 15 November 2012
Hirafu snowline, 15 November 2012
Family course and fresh snow, 15 November 2012
Snowline panorama, 15 November 2012
Great to see snow again after the long spell of rainy weather. First snowfall in Hirafu village is getting closer…..could be any day now. First tracks? Who knows.
