Here is the list of TOP 15 ski areas of the snow amount on 3/20 (Wed). More and more snow has been falling since the beginning of March, so the snow amount of the top 3 ski areas reached over those of the same time in the last winter finally!
1st Tengendai Kogen (Yamagata) ◎420cm
2nd Charmant Hiuchi (Niigata) ◎380cm
3rd Lotte Arai (Niigata) ◎379cm
4th Sapporo Teine (Hokkaido) ◎330cm
5th Daisetsuzan Kurodake (Hokkaido) ◎320cm
5th Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) ◎320cm
5th Niseko Moiwa (Hokkaido) ◎320cm
5th Kiroro (Hokkaido) ◎320cm
9th Geto Kogen (Iwate) ◎310cm
9th Okutadami Maruyama (Niigata) ◎310cm
11th Hakuba Happo-one ◎305cm, 12th Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 ◎310cm, 12th Sapporo Kokusai ◎300cm, 14th Yudonosan ◎290cm, 15th Seki Onsen ◎280cm
*Okutadami Maruyama started the spring season operation on 3/20 (Wed).
*Local ski areas which have only 1 lift are not on this ranking.
*”◎” … Over 80% area open, “○” … Over 50% area open, “△” … Under 50% area open, “×” … Not open