Myoko Now: Thursday 4th January 2024
- Jan 4, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 186cm
Posted on Thursday 4th January 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Good news for a change! Some pretty steady rain overnight did indeed get magically transformed into snow by that good north wind. There's only about 3cm on the ground now, but it's falling at a rate of maybe two or three centimeters per hour.
We need it, too. One of the cat tracks in Akakura was ground down to asphalt yesterday, sending a few people flying (although I didn't hear of anyone getting injured). Rocks, grass and dirt, too, so this is really welcome snow. More is predicted around the 8th, so I hope we get a good solid cover today. The domestic crowd largely returned to the big cities yesterday, so the pressure on the snowpack has been reduced a bit. At least until next weekend.
Again, not many new reports here, so the temperatures will be lower than today, which has started mild but might go down again as the cold winds come in. The resorts making an early report will get a NEW mark.... Thank them for providing timely info.
Akakura Kanko:
70cm, -2°
All lifts running
Akakura Onsen:
30cm, -2°
Six main lifts running
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick:
50cm, 2° (no new report, and good luck finding lift info on their site!)
Four main lifts running
Myoko Suginohara:
45cm, -4°
Gondala, Mitahara Nos. 2 and 3
Seki Onsen:
110cm, -3° NEW
Open
Kyukamura RunRun:
70cm, -1° NEW
Open
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
40cm, -1°
Four of five lifts running
Madarao Mountain Resort:
60cm, -1° NEW
All main lifts running
Lotte Arai Resort:
159cm, 5.4° NEW
All lifts running
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
35cm, -4°
All main lifts running
Myoko Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 4th January 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 186cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 42cm reported on 1 day December 2023 snowfall 135cm reported on 9 days January 2024 snowfall 9cm reported on 2 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.