REPORT

The dense snow that had been falling during the early morning hours began to gradually weaken. The ungroomed NINJA Course (pictured) had about 20cm of fresh snow, and I could hear people riding the No. 12 Lift talking about how inviting the smooth slopes looked. Even with the gentle slope angle, I was able to avoid bottoming out and thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of floating on fresh snow!
[NINJA]

Groomers were at work on Shirakaba right up until the opening of the resort, and the freshly-groomed snow there was a moderately soft powder snow. On the other hand, the bottom half of Crystal (pictured), which had been groomed earlier, had about 10 cm of light fresh snow on top of a moderately-packed, powder snow surface. In either case, there was a lot of cheering from skiers and boarders on both the groomed and ungroomed courses this morning.
[Crystal]

Over in the SAWA area (pictured), which is a tree run on the top half and a natural surf-like half pipe on the bottom half, I enjoyed skiing on the well-packed base with 20 cm of new, fluffy snow cover. A snowboarder passing by called out to me, “I love your site! SAWA was fantastic!” I agreed and promptly went back for seconds (lol).
[SAWA]

Around 10:00, the snow stopped and winds from the northwest picked up, sweeping away the clouds and opening up blue skies. I met two people from Osaka, who told me, “We stayed one night at Madarao Kogen yesterday. We had a very comfortable stay. It was nice to be able to go directly to the slopes from the hotel.”
[Shirakaba]

　
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reported by Snownavi