Spring has truly settled in now, and instead of the weather reports being about upcoming heavy snow, now the focus is on the cherry blossoms (“Sakura”) and where they will be in bloom when. The nearby town of Takada ranks among the best places in Japan for night viewing of the famous flowering trees, and [...]
Today has been a bit like a flashback to January, with excellent fresh snow conditions across the resorts. Unfortunately the spring season lift limitations mean that only Kumado #3 Quad, Hotel #3 Quad, Kanko Gondola and three lifts at Ikenotaira are running but the upside is a little bit of hiking can really deliver some [...]
We awoke to heavy rain this morning in Akakura Onsen but by lunchtime it had turned to snow and quite a bit was building up by last lifts. This weekend Suginohara is reopening for one last session before the annual spring closure. With more snow forecast overnight and throughout the day tomorrow it seems like [...]
It’s been a mixed bag for the last few days, with rain, snow, sunshine, strong winds, heavy cloud and more depending on the day. Overall the base has stayed pretty much steady, so things are still looking amazingly strong for great spring riding right through to “Golden Week” (the Japanese holiday at the start of [...]
As predicted the precipitation today has been snow rather than rain which is a definite improvement on yesterday. Winds were lighter as well but the snow was pretty sticky in a few places. The slow conditions also made it tricky for the practice session ahead of tomorrow’s “Dead Or Alive” big air contest – hopefully [...]
It’s been a rainy day here in Akakura Onsen, and again many of the upper lifts have been on wind hold. The forecast for the weekend is for things to get colder and the precipitation to turn to snow overnight, which will be great for the resorts but perhaps not so good for the practice [...]
It has been a warm day here in Myoko with strong southwesterly winds bringing many of the top lifts to a halt. The fluffy snow from yesterday was all but destroyed by the rise in temperature, with the resorts getting sticky and slow and the off piste conditions getting heavy. None the less there was [...]
It has been a mostly sunny day here in Myoko today, with patches of cloud and even a few snow showers here and there but for the most part glorious sunshine! Despite that the temperature stayed relatively low and with quite a bit of fresh snow ( Seki Onsen reported 40cm! ) it was another [...]
A beautiful sunny morning here in Akakura Onsen, and with plenty of fresh tracks still to be had across the Myoko resorts, it was another fun filled day out in the mountains of Niigata! Not the lightest snow but it is two-thirds of the way through March after all….. And what could top off a [...]
After a wet, rainy weekend we awoke to around 35cm of new snow this morning in Myoko. Not the bottomless turns of January, but still plenty of pow to play in as you can see from the photo below! Partly cloudy conditions with some light snow for the next 48 hours then the temperature is [...]
