Good morning.

It is a bright and mostly sunny morning on the Grandeco side of Urabandai and a bit cloudy on the Nekoma side. The forecast seems to tell us to expect a sunny day through the day today.

Snow conditions will be a bit hard and crusty early on and it will change it to sorbet-like condition if the sunshine warms things up. In this case, waxing is important to keep things sliding along nicely.

A part of the slopes (include off-piste course) and the No.4 lift in Grandeco is closed today.

If you are looking for a tree run course, Nekoma should be a good choice.

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The photos for today are from Nekoma (the first two) and Grandeco.

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Nekoma - lift 4/5, course 11/11 open *Closed on Wednesday and Thursday 1/16-2/28
Grandeco - lift 4/5 include one gondola, course 10/13 open
Urabandai - lift 0/3, course 0/3 open *Closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Minowa - lift 2/3, course 10/11 open
Numajiri - lift 4/4, course 11/11 open
Alts Bandai - lift 8/8 include one gondola, course 25/25 open
Inawashiro - lift 7/8, course 18/18 open
Inawashiro resort - lift 3/4 include one gondola, course 7/9 open
Listel - lift 2/2, course 5/7 open
Family Bandai Bandai - lift 0/2, course 0/7 open *Only open on Saturday, Sunday and national holidays.