Myoko Now: Monday 9th December 2024
- Dec 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 76cm
Posted on Monday 9th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Another good pre-season snowfall, and thus a report to keep us up to date on the building snowpack.
One more thing I saw yesterday was two people (not Japanese) in full backcountry gear exiting from Akakan. Now, I hate to be the grumpy old guy ("you kids stop skiing on my lawn!") but there’s a good reason not to do downhill backcountry skiing, or in fact to ski on the resorts. First is that we live in a jungle area, really, in summer, and you need a lot of snow to make it possible to even turn in the woods. For the ski areas, there’s lots of stuff under that snow (plates, pipes, trails even) that the ski areas are responsible for. So be nice and don’t make things difficult! To me it's kind of like going surfing when there's no waves; wait and they will come.
The curmudgeon has spoken.
Akakura Kanko:
Planned opening December 14
Akakura Onsen:
Planned opening December 14
Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick:
Planned opening December 14
Myoko Suginohara:
Planned opening December 21
Kyukamura RunRun:
Planned opening December 21
Seki Onsen:
120cm, 00°
Planned opening late December
Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort:
Planned opening December 21
Madarao Mountain Resort:
Planned opening December 14
Lotte Arai Resort:
Planned opening December 14
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
Planned opening December 21
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Data as of Monday 9th December 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 76cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (7th December) November 2024 snowfall 8cm reported on 1 day December 2024 snowfall 68cm reported on 4 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.