Myoko Now: Sunday 1st April 2018
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1314cm
Posted on Sunday 1st April 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
It's here: the last day for the season at most of the resorts.
The snowpack has really come down, too, so I doubt there's going to be a whole lot more season even at the three that are soldiering on. Kind of a fitting end for a strange season, with rain in January, but enough snow on a regular schedule to make it pretty fun in the backcountry. Oh, yeah, and basically no snow at all in the whole month of March...
The one big development was the opening (well, re-opening in a sense) of Lotte Arai Resort. Sounds like the facilities were pretty quiet (like not lots of people wandering the halls), and lots of space on the slopes as well. It sounds like the resort is thinking long-term, though, and it's probably smarter to build a clientele than get bombed from the first year. It's quite a different resort form all the others in the Myoko area, and choice is good, right?
It's a nice day out there, though, and a good way to end the season, and it was a good season if not our best ever for snow. We'll just have to see how long Akakan, Seki Onsen and Lotte Arai can keep running, and Akakura Onsen until next week.
Akakura Kanko:
220 cm, 8°; closing May 6
Akakura Onsen:
170cm, 3°; closing April 8
Ikenotaira Onsen:
150cm, 5°
Myoko Suginohara:
110cm, 1°; Gondola only; closing today
Seki Onsen:
290 cm, 4°; closing May 6
Myoko Ski Park:
110 cm, 9°; closing today
Kyukamura RunRun:
170 cm, 9°; closing today
Lotte Arai Resort:
370cm, 10.1°; Mamushigaeshi, Exciter and Discovery closed (weren't some of these permanently closed?); Myoko Long Run Upper partially open; Okenashi Bowl, North Bowl, Funaishi-zawa, Happy Place and Benzaku-zawa open (FK maybe?)in the avalanche-controlled areas; closing May 6
Tangram Ski Circus:
91 cm, 4°; closing today
Madarao Kogen:
120 cm, 6°; closing today
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
15cm (really?), 2°; closing today
Myoko Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 1st April 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 1314cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 81cm (27th December) November 2017 snowfall 61cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 468cm reported on 15 days January 2018 snowfall 524cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 228cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 33cm reported on 8 days April 2018 snowfall 0cm |
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.