Myoko Now: Sunday 27th December 2015
- Dec 27, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 85cm
Posted on Sunday 27th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
I was kind of bummed last night when we were getting precipitation, but not of the white kind. The good news came later when we started to hear thunder—always a good sign up here that things may head to snow. And, sure enough, we start the morning with perhaps 20cm of fresh. And it continues to snow.
Pretty strong wind right now, but it's actually come down a lot from the shaking the house had during the night. Apparently there were really big winds all day off the coast here; the Coast Guard website currently shows 18 meter/second NNW winds all across this part of the Japan Sea. Which is also good news for us on the other side of the front range mountains.
The only bad thing this morning is the incomplete news that I have for you. I complain a lot about this, I know, and I'll stop (once things are in full operation, it's pretty easy to keep up on things). The town report didn't come out until 11am yesterday (which is not the decision time for most skiers) and the areas were pretty bad about sending out stuff to the town, or posting on their own sites. But here's what I do have for you:
Akakura Kanko:
Myoko Kogen Sky Cable, Hotel No. 5 lift
-4° / 25cm (no report yet)
Akakura Onsen:
Yodel Triple No. 2, No. 4; shuttle bus from Yodel Information Center at the base up to Yodel No. 3 lift; word is that the Ginrei sections will open as well (no official report up yet)
-4° / 20cm
Ikenotaira Onsen:
Three lifts running from today
-2° / 30cm
Myoko Suginohara:
Opening today at 10am; gondola only
-5° / 40cm
Seki Onsen:
Open
-2° / 40cm
Myoko Ski Park:
Partially open
0° / 25cm
Kyukamura RunRun:
Reporting the most snow, but not open
5° / 40cm
Tangram Ski Circus:
Not open yet/no report
-1° / 20cm
Madarao Kogen:
Nos. 1, 2 and 5 Lifts
-6° / 40cm
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Data as of Sunday 27th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 85cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (26th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 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.