Good morning from Urabandai.

It is a fairly chilly morning but there are blue skies up there and the slopes are perfectly groomed.

According to the forecast, it will continue to be sunny through tomorrow with the chance of some rain in the night. Very difficult to expect any more snow now...

Both Nekoma and Grandeco are approaching the end of the ski season, but there is still an official snow depth of 180cm and a 4500 meters long slope open at Grandeco and an official snow depth of 165cm at Nekoma.

Some slopes have already closed for the season but there is still a decent choice of slopes available.

Both Nekoma and Grandeco have announced that do they intend to remain part open until the end of golden week (May 6th) - providing snow conditions allow them too, of course.

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The photos for today are all from Nekoma.

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Nekoma - lift 3/5, course 7/11 open (open until there is enough snow)
Grandeco - lift 2/5 include one gondola, course 8/11 open (open until there is enough snow)

Other ski resorts in the area are all now closed for the season.