Myoko Now: Sunday 4th December 2022
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 5cm
Posted on Sunday 4th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Snow has made it down to the base level; it's melted since then, so I almost forgot to put up a weekend/new week report as we get closer to official opening dates.
The first snowfall below the ski area; always fun (and exciting with some last-minute prep always needed, for me tire chains on a front loader) but we also know that the early season snow really doesn't mean much. I've said it before, but there are many years when we wonder if we'll even get a white Christmas, and then the snow really starts falling and everything is buried again.
I will say that we haven't had the heavy, limb-breaking November snows that I remember from past decades. That early snow helped get things done, though. Lots of panicked mounting of snow tires, a sudden blooming of road-marking bamboo wands, that kind of thing. The snow will come, that is the main thing.
OK, so when will the resorts open? They have been pretty optimistic in recent years. The official ski jo biraki (ski area opening ceremony) was held on the first; I will say that a manager from one of the resorts admitted that, looking at the long-term forecast, it was highly unlikely that the mid-December opener would happen. We can wait for the good, natural snow (we don't need no stinking snow-making guns in Myoko!).
Now for the official list:
Planned opening dates 2022-2023 season
Akakura Kanko:
Saturday 17th December
Akakura Onsen:
Saturday 10th December
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick
Saturday 17th December
Myoko Suginohara:
Saturday 24th December
Seki Onsen:
Mid-December
Kyukamura RunRun:
Saturday 17th December
Tangram Ski Circus:
Saturday 17th December
Madarao Mountain Resort:
Saturday 17th December
Lotte Arai Resort
Mid-December
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
Saturday 24th December
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Data as of Sunday 4th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 5cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (4th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day |
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.