NISEKO NOW! SnowJapan.Com Report from Saturday, 17th December 2011 09:13:51 December 17 2011, 9:13am via snowjapan.com

Very cold morning here, conditions at 8am were whiteout which has eased up around 9am. LOTS of fresh powdery snow overnight, everyone getting first lifts today is going to have fantastic first tracks, expect face shots galore! Wind easing off as the day goes on, we still have windchill around .....