Myoko Now: Tuesday 18th February 2025
- Feb 18, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 48cm
Snowfall at base this season 1337cm
Posted on Tuesday 18th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
The wind and snow came as expected, right during the lunch hour yesterday.
Kind of fun to be on the forested runs that are a Myoko feature and have the trees get stripped of all their snow by a big blast of wind.
It was still really windy when I woke up early to start the day's plowing, but it calmed down before sunrise. It is dense snow, shaped and piled up by that wind. The kind of snow where it can be hard to move through boot-high powder unless you have a pretty good angle to the slope. It's calmed down at the moment, but we're supposed to get more wind today and especially later tomorrow, along with more snowfall.
Lifts remain vexing, readers. Akakura Onsen's Yodel No. 1 did not run at all yesterday, even though the website said it was running. Today Akakan's Champion No. 3, the lift linking Onsen with Akakan, is also closed. It does happen after high winds and snow, I know, but I wish we had a bit more (better) information to share with you.
Akakura Kanko:
390cm, -8°
Champion No. 3 lift closed
Akakura Onsen:
410cm, -6°
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick:
300cm, -5° (yesterday’s report)
Myoko Suginohara:
290cm top, 200cm base, -8°
Kyukamura RunRun:
400cm, -3°
Starting late due to snow clearing
Seki Onsen:
590cm, -11°
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
230cm, -5°
Madarao Mountain Resort:
310cm, -6°
Lotte Arai Resort:
585cm, 2°
Oddly, the lower three lifts are listed as “being prepared”
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
260cm top, 210cm base; -6°
Myoko Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Tuesday 18th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1337cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 87cm (16th January) November 2024 snowfall 8cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 513cm reported on 19 days January 2025 snowfall 415cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 401cm reported on 14 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.