Geto Kogen Now: Thursday 18th December 2025
- Dec 18, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Geto Kogen region of Iwate
New snowfall at base
15cm
Snowfall at base this season 263cm
Posted on Thursday 18th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.
Improved situation this morning with the ski area apparently reporting 30cm of snow on the top areas of the mountain.
About half of that down at base, most coming down since yesterday evening. (We had some clearer skies during the day).
As if 7:15am it is snowing lightly and some gusty winds at times.
Clearer skies due tomorrow and that mild weekend that we have been warned about.
Not much snow expected through Christmas. Santa, snow please!
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Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
125cm (top)
65m (base)
Planned lift operations (reported by the ski area):
Number 1 gondola
Quad lift
Number 1 pair lift
Courses (reported by the ski area):
Most main runs are at least part open
Tree run courses are not yet open
Geto Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 18th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 263cm Number of days snowfall observed 17 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 77cm (on 5th December) November 2025 snowfall 54cm observed on 5 days December 2025 snowfall 209cm observed on 12 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.