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Geto Kogen Now: Thursday 17th January 2019

  • Jan 17, 2019
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Geto Kogen region of Iwate


New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 611cm

Posted on Thursday 17th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Geto.


After that fabulous delivery of snow up until the morning yesterday, the snow eased off in the afternoon. Strong winds prevented the gondola and quad lift to be closed for the day with just the pair lift operating.


Snow returned again from around 9pm and this morning there is another 13cm of new snow on the ground to keep us nice and fresh..


Just a slight wind this morning and light snow falling early on but generally cloudy conditions is forecast for the day and tomorrow too.


Conditions should be very good this morning. I know where I am heading!


Official snow depths:


* Top: 300cm

* Base: 240cm


Planned operating lifts - subject to change due to weather:


* Number 1 Gondola

* Number 1 pair lift

* Number 2 pair lift

* Quad lift


* The Number 2 Gondola is normally rested on weekdays


Courses & Tree Runs - subject to change due to weather:


* All of the main official courses are available

* All tree runs apart from Stream are open


Nighta skiing operations:


* Every Saturday until 24th February 2019



Geto Kogen Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Thursday 17th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 611cm Number of days snowfall observed 29 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 50cm (on 9th and 28th December) November 2018 snowfall 29cm observed on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 393cm observed on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 189cm observed on 11 days




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