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Geto Kogen Now: Wednesday 9th January 2019

  • Jan 9, 2019
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 546cm

Posted on Wednesday 9th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Geto Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Geto.


Guess what? Yes, it was snowing during the day yesterday. Lightly in the morning with some wind blowing around lunchtime and the snow starting to build up in places pretty quickly. The wind didn't last too long but the snow continued leaving us with a fairly calm evening.


This morning there is 22cm of fresh snow on the ground and it is cloudy with a moderate wind. There's a bit of sun shining through the clouds in places.


Good news for tree run area fans - the Summit and Shooter areas should be opening from Saturday (12th January). Looking forward to that.


Official snow depths:


* Top: 320cm

* Base: 255cm


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

* Summit and Shooter plan to be open from Saturday 12th January


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 9th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 546cm Number of days snowfall observed 26 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 124cm observed on 8 days




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