Last night's snow was pretty wet and there wasn't much of it either on the car park. I spent the day at Hodaigi which is in great shape. There was about 5cm of soft fresh snow at higher elevations. Tenjin was the surprise package. According to those who went up, there were a few ice scoured patches to watch out for but most of it was soft snow. Heard the gullies in the backcountry were deep and fluffy and by tomorrow this snow should be settled on lower angled terrain.

Another plus was that the warm weather that was supposed to be around today was not in evidence at all. -2C at the base of Hodaigi at 3pm. Winter may well be back considering the forecast is for some serious snow hitting imminently. The call is for temps to stay in the negative henceforth, snow showers to start up tomorrow afternoon and continue till Monday noon when snow arrives in earnest for what looks like a proper reset.

What this may mean is that Sunday and Monday are surprise snow days for the likes of Tenjin and Kagura that seem to suck the weather towards them. We could use some fresh but then that is pretty much always the case!

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Ski resorts in Minakami:

Akasawa
Minakami Hodaigi
Minakami Kogen Fujiwara
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort
Norn Minakami
Oana
Okutone Snow Park
Tanigawadake Tenjindaira
Tanigawa Onsen White Valley

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Resort Spotlights with more detail:

Norn Minakami
Okutone Snow Park

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Please note that the snowfall numbers posted in this report will be observed from close to the base Tenjindaira Ropeway station - which is often much more than in the central town area of Minakami.