A bit of rain yesterday afternoon. And a lot of wind this morning, the unfriendly southerly kind... don't have any details available but I would not be surprised if some lifts were affected.

Mostly cloudy though at the start of today though rain is expected again. It feels too warm for the chance of snow to be contemplated even up here.

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News about the opening of the section of Route 292 that connects Shiga Kogen with Gunma Prefecture. It gets buried in large amounts of snow during the winter months of course and earlier this month diggers were out there starting to carve out the road. They plan to have that section of road open from 10am on Friday 24th April, so a week from today. Once that is open, you can get to Shiga Kogen from the south via Kusatsu. Also makes for a great ride as well with impressive snow walls as well as beautiful scenery.

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RESORT AREAS THAT REMAIN OPEN & PLANNED CLOSING DATES:
Please note that some areas are open only weekends and closed on weekdays as noted below.

At least part open until Wednesday May 6th

Ichinose Diamond:
The Diamond quad lift will be open from April 25th until May 6th.

Ichinose Family:
The Ichinose Quad and Ichinose Number 2B pair lifts will be open daily until May 6th.

Takamagahara Mammoth:
The Takamagahara Quad will be open on from April 25th until May 6th.

Okushiga Kogen:
The Okushiga Number 4 pair lift will be open from April 25th until May 6th.
The Okushiga Number 2 pair lift and Okushiga Number 3 pair lift and Gondola will all be open daily until May 6th.

Tannenomori Okujo:
Open from April 25th until May 6th

Terakoya:
Open from April 25th until May 6th

Yakebitaiyama:
Open from April 25th until May 6th

Beyond Wednesday 6th May

Kumanoyu:
Kumanoyu Number 3 quad open from April 25th until May 6th
Kumanoyu Number 1 and 2 pair lifts open until May 6th and beyond

Yokoteyama-Shibutoge:
Probably open until at least the end of May and possibly beyond