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Geto Kogen Now: Wednesday 2nd January 2019

  • Jan 2, 2019
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 448cm

Posted on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Geto Kogen.


3cm of fresh snow on the ground this morning. Yesterday ended up being a mix of finer conditions with snow and cloud at times.


This morning there is has been some light snow falling but clearer conditions are expected and there are some signs of breaks in the clouds.


One of the tree run courses is now open and hopefully the resort will be getting more of them open soon. They need a lot of snow, but I think we have got a pretty decent amount so I'm looking forward to some news on that soon.


Official snow depths:


* Top: 285cm

* Base: 220cm


Operating lifts:


* Number 1 Gondola

* Number 1 pair lift

* Number 2 pair lift

* Number 2 Gondola

* Quad lift


Courses & Tree Runs:


* All of the main official courses are now available

* Rabbit tree run course is now open. The others are not yet available - hopefully soon!


Nighta skiing operations:


* Every Saturday until 24th February 2019

* Every day from 29th December 2018 until 6th January 2019



Geto Kogen Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Wednesday 2nd January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 448cm Number of days snowfall observed 20 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 26cm observed on 2 days




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