Myoko Now: Saturday 17th January 2015
- Jan 17, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 881cm
Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Snow!
It's coming down hard again today, although with some pretty good winds and drifting. Looks like about 30cm so far (looking at the post-snowthrowing cuts into the snow), and it's coming down really nicely. Out on the coast, yesterday's southerly wind has switched around to a strong wind from the northwest—typical conditions for good snowfall.
Take a little bit of care in the backcountry, with fresh building up on a bit of crust from the past few days. Not too much of a worry, particularly on north-facing slopes where things stayed pretty soft all the way along, but more so where the sun hit a bit on south-facing slopes. I hope to hear more from people up on the hill today as they dig around (and me, too, hopefully, a dinged knee and lots of snow clearing to do notwithstanding).
Anyway, it's good to see winter really back after a few kind of gloomy, warm, non-descript days, and decreasing snowpack levels (not that that really is a worry in Myoko - what's a few centimeters when there's a base of more than 2.5 meters everywhere?)...
Akakura Kanko:
330cm, -2°
Akakura Onsen:
248cm, -2°
Ikenotaira Onsen:
270cm, -1°
Myoko Suginohara:
240cm, -6°
Seki Onsen:
450cm, -4°
Myoko Ski Park:
300cm, 0°
Kyukamura RunRun:
330cm, 0°
Tangram Ski Circus:
210cm, -3°
Madarao Kogen:
230m, -3°
Myoko Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 881cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 90cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 561cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 320cm reported on 11 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Myoko. 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.