Myoko Now: Friday 23rd December 2022
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 44cm
Posted on Friday 23rd December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Another day when it seems like it's snowing everywhere except where it normally does. I think we can point to some super-strong winds sweeping along the coastline, dropping lots of snow in places like Kita-Kyushu, Hiroshima, Kanazawa (yes, I've been watching the morning shows today).
People who've been in the area over the past few years will probably remember when Joetsu City, on the coast just to the north of us, got absolutely buried in snow (a friend couldn't move his car for days), while the sun came out amidst light flurries up on the peaks here. Appears to be a similar case of the winds that usually hit the mountains and give us tons of snow are instead moving along the ocean side of the coastal mountains and dropping snow there.
But it is snowing here; the wind is gusting now and then. It's still not Christmas Day, which I still see as the typical day when we should have a good amount of snow on the ground. At least enough to have most ski runs going. Could still happen!
The reporting from the resorts is kind of all over today (see below). The weather report says it's colder than they're reporting; Tangram and Madarao apparently have stopped running the one lift each had going; impossible to know in the morning what Lotte Arai is doing.... At least the rain is gone.
Openings and operations
Akakura Kanko:
50, 2°
Myokokogen Sky Cable, Hotel No. 3, No. 5 lifts
Akakura Onsen:
15cm, 3°
Waiting for snow
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
Rescheduled opening to December 24, but they’re also noting a possible delay
Myoko Suginohara:
Saturday, December 24
Seki Onsen:
Friday, December 23
Kyukamura RunRun:
Waiting for snow
Tangram Ski Circus:
10cm, -5°
Lift not running today; waiting for more snow
Madarao Mountain Resort:
5cm, 2°
Lift not running today; waiting for more snow
Lotte Arai Resort
143cm, 1°
Unknown: all the lifts are marked with “x” (no go), and they haven’t added any comments for today (and I won't go to the patrol's Twitter account, just because....)
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
Saturday, December 24
Myoko Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Friday 23rd December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 44cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 8cm (15th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 44cm reported on 13 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.