Early report again for the second-to-the-last-day for most of the Myoko area resorts. Big cross-country race, and your truly is sitting about 1.5 kilometers out there on the course to check that the kids are all passing through properly. A mea culpa: it was calm early in the morning, but we had a pretty steady north wind through the day (as we found out, again, sitting out there in the open). That wind also released huge green clouds of pollen from the sugi trees. Lots of runny knots and itchy eyes out there.

Warmer today and the prediction on wind is in fact calm. All the reports below are from yesterday, except for Lotte Arai which updates regularly (although not on the lifts). Add a couple of degrees, maybe; keep the snow about where these are, and you’ll be good. T

Tomorrow I’ll report at a more normal time, and try to sum up this unusual season.

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Akakura Kanko:
220 cm, 1°; closing May 6

Akakura Onsen:
180cm, -1°; closing April 8

Ikenotaira Onsen:
160cm, 2.5°

Myoko Suginohara:
115cm, -3°; No. 3 and Romance lifts closed; closing April 1

Seki Onsen:
310 cm, 1°; closing May 6

Myoko Ski Park:
130 cm, 5°; closing April 1

Kyukamura RunRun:
170 cm, 9°; closing April 1

Lotte Arai Resort:
370cm, 1.2°; Mamushigaeshi, Exciter and Discovery closed (weren’t some of these permanently closed?); Myoko Long Run Upper partially open; Funaishi-zawa, Happy Place and Benzaku-zawa open in the avalanche-controlled areas; closing May 6

Tangram Ski Circus:
110 cm, 3°; closing April 1

Madarao Kogen:
130 cm, -1°; closing April 1

Kurohime Kogen Snow Park:
60cm, 1°; closing April 1