Geto Kogen Now: Saturday 17th January 2026
- Jan 17
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Geto Kogen region of Iwate
New snowfall at base
25cm
Snowfall at base this season 824cm
Posted on Saturday 17th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Geto Kogen.
More snow! It was warmer yesterday and so the snow was of the heavier flavour; still, most definitely much better than rain!
Ski area reporting over 30cm up top and I can report another 25cm from base. Nice.
I am hearing that the Summit, Beech and Stream tree run courses should be open this morning.
Visibility is very limited early this morning. It was actually much clearer about an hour ago, so that may be temporary.
May not be much snow over the next few days, but there's serious snowfall on forecasts from Tuesday onwards.
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Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
290cm (top)
225cm (base)
Cumulative snowfall this season (reported by the ski area):
1117cm
Planned lift operations (reported by the ski area):
All lifts scheduled to open during peak season
The Number 2 gondola operates on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
Courses (reported by the ski area):
All main runs now open
Tree run courses scheduled to be open: Heart, Shooter, Alta, Garden, Rabbit... probably more this morning (see above)
Geto Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 824cm Number of days snowfall observed 40 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 77cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 54cm observed on 5 days December 2025 snowfall 306cm observed on 18 days January 2026 snowfall 464cm observed on 17 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Geto Kogen. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.