Myoko Now: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 67cm
Snowfall at base this season 1586cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
A late report on this Emperor's Birthday holiday; it's just part of continuing to do battle with historic, amazing snowfall.
It's great for the resorts — except that I know they're fighting loose snow avalanches on entry roads and other locations — but not so good for anybody thinking about going backcountry. Meaning they really shouldn't. It will be so hard to climb in 67cm of fresh, and the risks of loose snow avalanches is so high right now that it's a good day to work on your turns on the piste. Which will also be covered in powder, as we're still getting a few centimeters of new snow every hour.
Didn't see a lot of cars heading up the hill to the resort; hopefully they headed up the better-plowed-less-steep prefectural road No. 390. Akakan is having a free concert Kohmi Hirose this afternoon; apparently she's pretty famous if not my particular cup of miso. Ski by around 3, the resort says.
Akakura Kanko:
490cm, -9°
All lifts running
Akakura Onsen:
505cm, -6° (the five-meter mark has been reached!)
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Snow Resort
Top 420cm, bottom 400cm; -12°
Myoko Suginohara:
Top 440cm, bottom 315cm; -7°
The Mitahara No. 3 lift, top of the resort, is not running
Seki Onsen:
550cm, -11°
Once again, the date is changing, but not other information
Myoko Ski Park:
Closed again this season
Kyukamura RunRun:
450cm (the report still says 4500cm), -3°
No new report today
Tangram:
330cm, -5°
Madarao Mountain Resort:
430cm, -6°
Lotte Arai Resort
663cm, -0.3°
Everything pending as of this report, but the top Big Bowl freeride area is closed. Record snow, though, a local tells me
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
300cm, -7°
Myoko Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1586cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 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 616cm reported on 28 days February 2022 snowfall 551cm reported on 19 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.