Myoko Now: Thursday 29th January 2026
- Jan 29
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 809cm
Posted on Thursday 29th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Another nice snowfall overnight, pretty light it seems, at least using the highly scientific what-comes-out-of-my-snowthrower test (tons of light flying powder; so much that I couldn’t see that I was painting the wall of a neighboring house with fresh snow).
We have certainly recovered from the early January deficit of snow; it’s really amazing out this morning with the trees and roofs absolutely loaded with snow.
You know I don't like sunny days as much as pounding snow days, at least for the skiing, but we need a little sun to heat up these roofs (most of which are metal) and get some of that snow down. So we can then blow it all away once again....
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Akakura Kanko:
290cm, -7°
Champion No. 3 quad, the important cross-resort lift, will be delayed
Akakura Onsen:
310cm, -6°
Alpen Blick Resort
200cm, -4° (yesterday’s report)
Myoko Suginohara:
200cm top, 150cm base; -10°
Kyukamura RunRun:
300cm, -4°
Seki Onsen:
560cm, -10°
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
155cm, -6°
Madarao Mountain Resort:
230cm, -6°
Lotte Arai Resort:
480cm, -0.4°
Possible late starts
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
210cm top, 110cm base; -5°
Myoko Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 29th January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 809cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 120cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 184cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 590cm reported on 22 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.