Myoko Now: Wednesday 8th May 2013
- May 8, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1370m
Weather overview Fine
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Very good
Posted at 3:30pm on Wednesday 8th May 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
It's still cold up here in Myoko, even though the last day of the lifts has come with the end of the Golden Week holiday.
It's been an interesting season: we didn't have the massive snowfalls of the past couple of years, but that didn't mean it wasn't very good, especially in January and February.
March was an odd month this season, with lots of bad weather to kind of put a damper on things. Funny, since during the last several years we've seen some rain during February, then a return of powder during March. You just never know....
The cold weather and recent snow - remember, it was snowing high up at the beginning of May - means we may have a great spring/early summer season up high in the hills. Tours to the huts below Mt. Hiuchi and closer to Mt. Myoko are now in full swing, and we've at least got some sun recently. Nice if it would just get warm! Ah, corn snow.
Looks like a busy year to come, with many of the hotels already booking reservations.
There's definitely a bigger international presence, but luckily most visitors are here because of what Myoko already is: a nice, Japanese, compact, friendly little ski town.
Hope we can keep that spirit alive.
Thanks for reading the reports this season - hope you enjoyed them.
We'll be back in the autumn when the 2013/2014 season is just around the corner.
Myoko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data at the end of the season Total snowfall at base so far 1370cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 67 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 73cm (10th January) November 2012 snowfall 17cm reported on 3 days December 2012 snowfall 334cm reported on 12 days January 2013 snowfall 508cm reported on 21 days February 2013 snowfall 424cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 76cm reported on 9 days April 2013 snowfall 11cm 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.