NEWS & TOPICS

The snowfall amount TOP5 ranking of ski areas in Japan as of 3/12 (Wed). Although “the spring discount season” is starting in many ski areas, more and more ski areas decide to extend the winter operation thanks to the rich snowfall. By the way, Tengendai Kogen is open only from Friday to Monday, so Hakuba Happo-one is the 1st in the ranking from Tuesday to Thursday.
　
1st Tengendai Kogen (Yamagata) ×780cm
2nd Hakuba Happo-one (Nagano) ◎610cm
3rd Charmant Hiuchi (Niigata) ◎590cm
4th Arai (Niigata) ◎578cm
5th Aomori Spring (Aomori) ◎570cm

6th Seki Onsen (Niigata) ◎550cm
7th Hakkaisan △500cm
7th Cupid Valley (Niigata) ◎500cm
9th Mt. T (Gunma) ◎494cm
10th Kagura (Niigata) ◎500cm

11th Hakuba Goryu&Hakuba47 ◎450cm, 11th Togari Onsen ◎450cm, 13th GALA Yuzawa ◎430cm, 3th Yudonosan ◎430cm, 15th Hakkoda ◎425cm

*Tengendai Kogen reduces the operation days because of the water outage.
*”◎” … Over 80% area open, “○” … Over 50% area open, “△” … Under 50% area open, “×” … Not open
*Backnumbers → 3/5 (Wed), 2/26 (Wed), 2/19 (Wed), 2/12 (Wed), 2/5 (Wed), 1/29 (Wed), 1/22 (Wed), 1/15 (Wed), 1/8 (Wed), 1/1 (Wed), 12/25 (Wed), 12/18 (Wed), 12/11 (Wed), 12/6 (Fri)