Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 77cm Snowfall at base this season 1329cm Posted on Sunday 10th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Way more snow than expected today, and it keeps coming. Light, powdery snow (probably the best of the season). Lots of people out to enjoy it, too, with the parking lots filling up, and the access roads clogged with cars unprepared for the worst (don't put your chains on only when you come to a stop... Might want to get those on early, city folk!). Pretty good winds, too, so lots of blowing and drifting snow. As I've noted, my spot for measuring snow depth is pretty well sheltered, so I stand by today's big numbers, even when the ski areas don't add on as much. The total snowpack figure is really close to what they have; what falls in a day will of course settle a lot, but if you're skiing, you've got a lot of depth to play with today! In fact, with more international travelers now renting cars, it's just gotten worse. I refuse to apologize to the idiot who decided it would be OK to block the exit to the bus turnaround at Ikenotaira this morning so he could go over to the rental shop. I hollered that he was blocking buses (and me), and he said I should be polite... Just wait until the local bus drivers "inform" you of your poor decision (you won't understand them, but you'll know they're not at all polite). Follow local rules folks! People do stuff for good reasons, and sometimes that means you have to be like everyone else and park and then walk to the rental shop. Especially when deep, blowing snow means it's really tough just to be driving around. Don't need additional roadblocks by blockheads. Akakura Kanko: 340cm, -8° Akakura Onsen: 430cm, -4° Ikenotaira Onsen: 270cm, -6° Myoko Suginohara: 195cm, -12° (top) Seki Onsen: 430cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 350cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 400cm, -4° Tangram Ski Circus: 260cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 300cm, -7° Lotte Arai Resort 527cm, -3.5° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 200cm, -7° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 10th February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1329cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 201cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 26cm Snowfall at base this season 1252cm Posted on Saturday 9th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . The snow has stopped, for the moment at least. A pretty dark sky out there, though, reminds us that possibly heavy snow is forecast for tonight. Snow pretty much throughout the day yesterday, and it was nice, snowflakey crystals that make for nice skiing. And it's a three-day weekend, so there are a few more cars in the parking lots, and some short lines for gondolas and main lifts (nothing like the days of the Japan ski boom, for those who can remember amusement park-like waits just to get on lifts....) Akakura Kanko: 290cm, -7° Akakura Onsen: 420cm, -3° Ikenotaira Onsen: 240cm, -7° Myoko Suginohara: 170cm, -13° (top) Seki Onsen: 420cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 330cm, 0° Kyukamura RunRun: 390cm, -4° Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 280cm, -7° Lotte Arai Resort 509cm, -2.7° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 180cm, -7° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 9th February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1252cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 124cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 1226cm Posted on Friday 8th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . The snow is back, and it's coming down hard. The sun was/is out at Suginohara, it seems, but it's remained overcast with solid snowfall all morning at the base of Akakan. Pretty strong winds through the night and into the day, and there are some strong gusts with swirling snow from time to time. About 25 cm of fresh at 9am, and it's continuing to come down steadily. There is a wet layer underneath the new snow that is a bit of a concern; it's still wet and apparently bonding well with the new snow, at least at base level. Could be a more dangerous situation higher up where the wet may be ice, and a lot of snow on top could mean easy sliding of the new. Good time to take it a little easy in the backcountry! Akakura Kanko: 280cm, -7° Akakura Onsen: 410cm, -4° Ikenotaira Onsen: 230cm, -5° Myoko Suginohara: 175cm, -11° (top) Seki Onsen: 420cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 300cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 380cm, -3° Tangram Ski Circus: 230cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 280cm, -7° Lotte Arai Resort 507cm, -3° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 180cm, -6° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Friday 8th February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1226cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 98cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 1201cm Posted on Tuesday 5th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Kind of a dust on crust morning today, although the crust is not all that bad and will probably improve with this morning's sun and its warmth. About 7 centimeters of fresh today, on top of about 30cm of really wet snow. Out in the trees, maybe not so much fun, but a great day for the groomers (hey, you can always improve that turn of yours!). Make friends with a liftie, enjoy a cold one in the sun. Etc. Akakura Kanko: 280cm, -4° Akakura Onsen: 420cm, -2° Ikenotaira Onsen: 250cm, -4° Myoko Suginohara: 185cm, -9° Seki Onsen: 430cm, 1° (no new report) Myoko Ski Park: 300cm, 3° Kyukamura RunRun: 400cm, -2° (no new report for two days) Tangram Ski Circus: 230cm, -3° Madarao Kogen: 280cm, -3.5° Lotte Arai Resort 491cm, -1° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 190cm, -4° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Tuesday 5th February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1201cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 73cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 1194cm Posted on Saturday 2nd February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Sunny in Myoko, although the day started with a little bit of light snow. Should be nice out there, but things are going to get weird from tomorrow afternoon, with the freezing level going way up to 2650 meters. Higher than Mt. Myoko. Rain is on the forecast for late Sunday and into Monday, but it's going to be cold right after that. The fast switch from rain to cold could cause an ice layer to form, something to keep in mind next week if you're heading into the backcountry. Akakura Kanko: 340cm, -5° Akakura Onsen: 440cm, -4° Ikenotaira Onsen: 280cm, -4° Myoko Suginohara: 230cm, -7° Seki Onsen: 430cm, -3° Myoko Ski Park: 360cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 400cm, -2° Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 330cm, -4° Lotte Arai Resort 512cm, 1.3° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 260cm, -7° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 2nd February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1194cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 66cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 59cm Snowfall at base this season 1187cm Posted on Friday 1st February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Another good day of snow. Light snow. More snow than expected. Again. Pretty good wind overnight, too, which shaped this nice, light snow into kind of amazing waves and dunes around my house (which is open to north winds) less so at base level, where we (and most of the ski areas) are more sheltered from gusts by forests and hills. And it's still snowing pretty heavily, probably coming down at a rate of a few fresh centimeters every hour. Another case from this season of we either get a whole lot, or just a little bit, and definitely more days when we get a lot. Having said this, though, it seems like the ski areas have hardly added anything new to their snow depths, where right here at the base of Akakura Kanko we got a lot, and the total keeps inching up.... So I'm sure some won't believe me, but I'm recording what I found, and it's not what the resorts are reporting! Akakura Kanko: 340cm, -8° Akakura Onsen: 440cm, -3° Ikenotaira Onsen: 280cm, -6° Myoko Suginohara: 230cm, -12° Seki Onsen: 430cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 350cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 350cm, 1° (no new report) Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 330cm, -7° Lotte Arai Resort 523cm, -3.2° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 240cm, -6° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Friday 1st February 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1187cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days February 2019 snowfall 59cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 1128cm Posted on Wednesday 30th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Nice and sunny out there today. Yesterday's snow has really settled nicely, so hopefully things are a little more stable off in the backcountry. Just a little more snow fell through the morning yesterday before the snow stopped. I noticed all the neighbors were taking advantage of the break to get things cleared off (and I was up on a roof, too, getting that weight off the building). Could be snow again from tomorrow, perhaps heavy into evening. That freezing line is going to head up over the weekend, though, so even rain might fall on the resort if the freezing does in fact go up to 2100 meters. I hope not... Akakura Kanko: 340cm, -5° Akakura Onsen: 435cm, -3° Ikenotaira Onsen: 260cm, -6.5° Myoko Suginohara: 240cm, -12° Seki Onsen: 420cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 340cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 420cm, -3° Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -2° Madarao Kogen: 330cm, -5° Lotte Arai Resort 510cm, -1.7° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 250cm, -7° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Wednesday 30th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1128cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 648cm reported on 21 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 56cm Snowfall at base this season 1125cm Posted on Tuesday 29th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Back to snow that exceeds expectations: I seem to remember the forecast was for 20 to 40cm, we got 56cm. It has really been coming down since last night. The sun has threatened to come out occasionally, but as I tap away here now we're back to a vision-diminishing steady fall. And it sometimes is falling horizontally as well, as we have some pretty strong winds at times. It's dense snow as well; it was a pretty good slog out to the measuring spot, even with a trusty shovel in hand. I can happily say, though, that the windows around the house are now clear so I am no longer living in a dark cave.... For those going offpiste, it's going to likewise be a hard climb and probably a very slow descent. It's also increasingly risky, with some areas wind-scoured and now potentially covered with dense, wind-loaded snow. The Japan Avalanche Network is now warning of extreme avalanche danger in Myoko. Please be especially careful until the snow settles and conditions improve. Akakura Kanko: 340cm, -6° Akakura Onsen: 435cm, -4° Ikenotaira Onsen: 260cm, -5° Myoko Suginohara: 270cm, -10° Seki Onsen: 400cm, -6° Myoko Ski Park: 360cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 420cm, -2.5° Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 330cm, -6° Lotte Arai Resort 525cm, -1.1° Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 250cm, -6° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Tuesday 29th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1125cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 645cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 45cm Snowfall at base this season 1069cm Posted on Sunday 27th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Sorry to be late this morning; Lots of blowing snow and wind meant a car that needed to be yanked out of a drift.... And the usual hours of fun digging things out. Luckily, we didn't get anywhere near the possible one meter overnight, although with all that blowing it can be hard to tell. No drifts around the measurement area, so I think today's total is pretty accurate. Wind, though; much wind. It's going to be tough going outside of the resorts, and there could be significant wind loading of lee slopes, greatly increasing the danger of slab avalanches (as we had a few days ago). The sun is out now, but snow is still falling, being blown in from over the mountain. Crazy weather, in short. Akakura Kanko: 320cm, -7° Akakura Onsen: 425cm, -3° Ikenotaira Onsen: 250cm, -5° Myoko Suginohara: 240cm, -10° Seki Onsen: 400cm, -6° Myoko Ski Park: 350cm, 0° Kyukamura RunRun: 320cm, -3° (no new report) Tangram Ski Circus: 240cm, -4° Madarao Kogen: 300cm, -6° (no new report) Lotte Arai Resort 521cm, -0.4 Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 250cm, -5° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Sunday 27th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1069cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 589cm reported on 19 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 32cm Snowfall at base this season 1024cm Posted on Saturday 26th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . Well, it's started. Not a huge amount yet, exactly in the middle of Niigata Prefecture's forecast of 20 to 40cm by 9 am this morning (at 32cm). The same report for the next 24 hours, though, predicts 50 to 100cm. Yes, a potential meter overnight. Kind of quiet right at this moment, with some clearing to the south. That's happened a couple of times, though, with the almost-sun being followed by pretty heavy snow. So let's keep watching (keep plowing to make room for more snow). Lots of accidents around here lately, and it's a bit discouraging. An avalanche death yesterday (slab avalanche, caused by all that wind of a few days ago making for a wind-loaded slope), a boarder who crashed upside and couldn't get out of the snow; a jump high up a mountain going wrong (another fatality), and a broken leg after a meeting with a tree. Three of these were with international guests, something we have not had much. There's a lot of snow out there; there is a lot of difficult terrain. Personally I think people should stop watching ski videos, or at least realize that the pros really think out things a lot before they jump off stuff, or climb over the peak or ski at speed between trees. Akakura Kanko: 280cm, -7° Akakura Onsen: 410cm, -3° Ikenotaira Onsen: 240cm, -4° Myoko Suginohara: 215cm, -10° Seki Onsen: 370cm, -5° Myoko Ski Park: 330cm, 1° Kyukamura RunRun: 320cm, -3° Tangram Ski Circus: 220cm, -2° Madarao Kogen: 300cm, -6° Lotte Arai Resort 524cm, -1.5 Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 240cm, -6° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Saturday 26th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1024cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 544cm reported on 18 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 366cm Weather overview Snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted on Saturday 26th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here . The snow continues. It's powder all over the place this morning. A quick round up of what the reports are reporting in terms of new snowfall since yesterday: 15-35cm at Goryu 20-40cm at Hakuba 47 45-60cm at Hakuba Cortina (including the 10-15cm they were reporting during the day yesterday) Not bad for a day's snow! Other resorts who don't share such information are similarly seeing jumps in their snow depths. It's -7 degrees in village and close to -11C at Usagidaira on Happo. Winds not as prevelant as we thought they would be this morning - at 1400m on Happo an average wind speed of 0.8m/s with a strong of 2.4m/s as of 9am. Visibility will be poor out on the slopes today pretty much everywhere and a look round the webcams confirms this. Best visibility at the low Minekata! So now fantastic mountain views today, but some fine snow conditions. The heavy snow brings with it increasingly dangerous avalanche conditions especially out of bounds. The usual rules and common sense apply. Take care out there. There'll be plenty of untouched excellent powder on the resort runs this weekend and no need to contemplate straying. By tomorrow the snow should beging ease off and there's a chance the sun might make an appearance as well. In the coming week clearer skies look to be on the cards more than snow. ------- Official snow depths and operations @ Saturday 26th January 2013: Hakuba Goryu: 15cm of new reported on lower slopes and 35cm on upper slopes from Hakuba Goryu this morning. Official snow depths: Alps daira - 310cm; Toomi - 170cm; Iimori - 140cm Hakuba 47: 20-30cm of new snowfall reported at base and 40cm up top by Hakuba 47 this morning. Official snow depth: Upper - 255cm Lower - 170cm Happo-one: Official snow depth: Usagidaira - 240cm Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 140cm Sakka - 140cm Tsugaike Kogen: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 330cm Lower slopes - 110cm Hakuba Cortina: 45-60cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday. Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 360cm Lower slopes - 230cm Hakuba Iwatake: Official snow depth: Upper slopes - 200cm Lower slopes - 110cm Hakuba Sanosaka: Official snow depth: 130cm Hakuba Minekata: 120cm Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Saturday 26th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 366cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 134cm reported on 13 days Previous report Next report All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata New snowfall at base 6cm Snowfall at base this season 992cm Posted on Friday 25th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here . A break in the snowfall....until I was finished checking for this morning, of course! We even had a little bit of sun peeking in from the southeast, and we can barely see some blue skies over Nagano City. But light snow has once again begun to fall, and tomorrow is the first day this season where we have heavy snow forecast all day. And into the next. Right now it's alternating between sun and snow. I wanted to add something, too, because we've had some really bad accidents around here recently, including two fatalities. Two were outside the resorts, one in. In really deep snow, it makes sense to have your buddies close by; if you get upside down, it can go really bad really fast. Having someone there to pull you out can really be life or death! And, in the backcountry, you might think twice about pulling off the big jumps you see in videos; If you've been on actual shoots, you see how much time both photographers and athletes spend setting up the shot. You don't want to be on the hill with broken bones (and the helicopter can't fly most days here because of visibility). Akakura Kanko: 300cm, -6° Akakura Onsen: 400cm, -4° Ikenotaira Onsen: 220cm, -3° Myoko Suginohara: 210cm, -10° Seki Onsen: 370cm, -6° Myoko Ski Park: 350cm, 2° Kyukamura RunRun: 320cm, -3° Tangram Ski Circus: 210cm, -2° Madarao Kogen: 300cm, -2° Lotte Arai Resort 511cm, -1.5 (half of the freezone sections open) Kurohime Kogen Snow Park 220cm, -5° Myoko Now 2018-2019 season Data as of Friday 25th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 992cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 92cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 475cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 512cm reported on 17 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com