Good morning.

Blue skies everywhere and there is a very gentle warm breeze. The forecast says that temps will rise up to 12C in the afternoon - maybe there'll be some t-shirt skiers today! While the sun is out though be sure to protect your eyes from the strong sun rays, it will be sunny through the day.

The weather will change tomorrow - it will be cloudy occasionally rain.

The spring school holidays will also start from tomorrow and it is a national holiday in Japan.

Inawashiro announced yesterday that their season will end tomorrow (21st) which is earlier than planned.

Nekoma and Grandeco should be fine for a while.

I will keep putting the information of the opening ski hills but places might close suddenly due to the snow conditions. So do be sure to check with ski resorts before you go.

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The photos for today are from Nekoma, Grandeco and Alts Bandai.

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Nekoma - lift 4/5, course 11/11 open (open until there is enough snow)
Grandeco - lift 4/5 include one gondola, course 11/13 open (open until there is enough snow)
Minowa - lift 3/3, course 8/11 open (open until April 7th)
Urabandai - lift 0/3, course 0/3 open (open until March 24th. Closed on 19th and 20th)
Inawashiro - lift 3/8, course 7/18 open (open until March 21th)
Inawashiro resort - lift 3/4 include one gondola, course 7/9 open (open until March 24th)
Alts Bandai - lift 1/8, course 2/25 open (open until end of March, depends on the snow conditions)
Listel - lift 2/2, course 3/7 open (open until end of March, depends on the snow conditions)

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Numajiri - already closed for the season
Family Bandai Bandai - already closed for the season