Myoko Now: Wednesday 24th December 2025
- Dec 24, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 156cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Oooof....
There are days when you just don’t feel like telling the whole story about what’s out there on the mountain, knowing there are lots of people here on their holidays, ready to savor that famous Myoko powder. I heard about others looking forward to a backcountry experience on the last days of 2025.
Ain't going to happen. Well, the backcountry for sure, because even on a good year living in a rain forest means you need a lot of snow to cover up all the things that live under the trees: vines, bamboo grass, saplings, bears (this year). I do feel bad when guests face rain on top of the low snow and closed resorts—but I have to say that, here in the very pages of SnowJapan, your reliable reporters have for these many years said such things as, “We feel lucky if we get a White Christmas”. The resorts will usually be open, sometimes, like this one, in marginal conditions, and then in a few weeks everything turns around.
It’s likely I’ll be here in January reporting on lifts delayed and roads closed due to heavy snow. And then everyone leaves in early March, even though there’s lots of good snow out there until April.
Mountain weather. Mother Nature. Climate change. Take your pick.
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Resort opening schedule:
Akakura Kanko:
40m, 3°
All lifts except Hotel No. 1
Akakura Onsen:
30cm, 2°
Yodel No. 1 Triple, Yodel No. 4 Pair
Alpen Blick Resort
10cm, -2°
Closed
Myoko Suginohara:
30cm top, 5cm base; 0°
Gondola; Mitahara No. 3 may not run
Kyukamura RunRun:
40cm, 3°
Opening the 27th
Seki Onsen:
Opening changed to December 25
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
15cm, 2°
Lifts no. 1, 3, 5
Madarao Mountain Resort:
20cm, 3°
Most main lifts running; closing tomorrow and reopening on the 26th
Lotte Arai Resort:
101cm, 7.7°
Gondola, Zendana lift
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
Scheduled to open today, we think, but the snow level is always the lowest to the south of Mt. Myoko, so very unlikely.
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 156cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 21st November) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 121cm reported on 9 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.