Geto Kogen Now: Thursday 22nd January 2026
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Geto Kogen region of Iwate
New snowfall at base
34cm
Snowfall at base this season 968cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.
Greetings from snowy Geto Kogen.
The ski area this morning is reporting yet another 57cm of snowfall, and I can report 34cm from base.
We still had winds blowing around yesterday and the snow continued all the way through.
And it's snowing this morning.
And more coming, too.
Wrap up and come prepared.
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Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
370cm (top)
285cm (base)
Cumulative snowfall this season (reported by the ski area):
1282cm (...curiously not added much this morning)
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
Night skiing until 8pm on weekends and holidays through 23rd February (Number 1 pair lift)
Courses (reported by the ski area):
All main runs now open
Tree run courses scheduled to be open: All except Extreme and Cascade --- check with current conditions
Geto Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 22nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 968cm Number of days snowfall observed 45 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 608cm observed on 22 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.