Myoko Now: Saturday 1st January 2022
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 70cm
Snowfall at base this season 489cm
Posted on Saturday 1st January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Man, what a day of snow to bring in 2022!
First was just clearing up a meter+ fall, whcih took most of the day. Then there were all the cars getting stuck on the road—city folks coming up for the weekend, snow tires but only two-wheel drive. I'll give you a very local hint: when arriving by car, don't take the straight road up from Highway 18 at Tagiri intersection, but rather turn at Toyohashi intersection, near the 7-11. The latter is a prefectural road, not too steep, and well plowed. The straight road is much steep (especially when you're almost up to Akakura Kanko) and not as regularly plowed. Yesterday this meant carnage, with cars stuck in the middle of the road, the road condition just getting awful (ruts, bumps, washboard) and general panic. This is all very amusing for us locals, of course, and your correspondent even made a nice bit of pocket change using his front loader to tow several unfortunate people up to the flatter road above.
I'm having fun with this, but this really is good advice. Take the prefectural road! Even if you've got a bulletproof winterized 4WD beast.
The snowfall has tapered off now, but the winds have been pretty strong since early this morning. Watch for some lift closures due to wind if this carries on, which the weather forecast tells us is likely. It would be nice to let the fresh snow settle a bit for the sake of safety and fun. When you get close to two meters in two days, steeping into the snowpack can be like jumping into a pool (and it's hard to swim in unsettled snow!).
Akakura Kanko:
240cm, -10°
Akakura Onsen:
285cm, -5°
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Snow Resort
Top 260cm, bottom 240cm; -8°
Their website is noting an accident on the very road I told you to use (above). Ahh...better be ready for a u-turn.
Myoko Suginohara:
Top 220cm, bottom 120cm; -11°
Seki Onsen:
250cm, -10°
Myoko Ski Park:
Closed again this season
Kyukamura RunRun:
200cm, -6° (they lost 80cm overnight?)
Tangram:
170cm, -5°
Another resort showing a decrease in snow depth... Yes, it does settle quickly, but it snowed all day, all throughout the area
Madarao Mountain Resort:
280cm, -8°
Nice big jump in depth here; I can get behind this reporting!
Lotte Arai Resort
316cm, -3°
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
160cm, -8°
Myoko Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 1st January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 489cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 111cm (31st December) November 2021 snowfall 30cm reported on 1 day December 2021 snowfall 389cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 70cm reported on 1 day |
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.