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Myoko Now: Friday 10th January 2020

  • Jan 10, 2020
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 201cm

Posted on Friday 10th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.


In the multi-course banquet that is the ski season, I hope that we can look at today as an appetizer before the main course (and the fitful snow conditions up today was just the table getting set).


Just to torture the metaphor some more, it's a light opening course; it would be great to see a 50-70cm day to really get things set up, and start pushing down all the saplings and vines so we could think about backcountry, but it was only a fall of under 20cm up to the morning today.


It is still snowing in fits and starts, so maybe we will see more accumulation through the day (before, it seems, the sun comes out on Saturday, and we hope Saturday only).


Light but tasty, and leaving you with space for more.


Akakura Kanko:

80cm, -3°C

All lifts running


Akakura Onsen:

95cm, -4°C

All main lifts operating


Ikenotaira Onsen:

85cm, -2°

Capsule pair, Karamatsu pair, Ikenotaira Quad, AB1 and AB2 lifts


Myoko Suginohara:

110cm, -10° (and that must be near the summit of the caldera!)

Gondola, No. 3 lift (and possibly a third; the website reports three lifts running on the landing page, two when you go to the lift information page)


Seki Onsen:

170cm, -5

Open


Myoko Ski Park:

50cm, 5°

Open


Kyukamura RunRun:

110cm, -2°

Open


Tangram Ski Circus:

45cm, 3°

All lifts running


Madarao Kogen:

100cm, -4°

No. 1, No. 2, Super Quad lifts


Lotte Arai Resort

195cm, 0.2°

All lifts running


Kurohime Kogen Snow Park

45cm, -5°

All lifts running



Myoko Now 2019-2020 season

Data as of Friday 10th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 201cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 11cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 59cm reported on 6 days January 2020 snowfall 131cm reported on 7 days




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