Visitor Center Report

Mt.Kurodake ski area open on November 22nd.
Today it is very windy.
But Kurodake ropeway operates today for the first time in a week.
Because it has been bad weather.
They have got enough snow to open ski area.
Tomorrow they will open.
Snow must be better snow than you imagine.
Please come and enjoy skiing and snowboading.

Before you come to Mt.Kurodake ski area, please ask ropeway station.
because sometimes they don’t operate because of strong wind.
The photo is ‘Sciurus vulgaris orientis’.
He ran away to find walnuts.
For wild animals a lot of snow will be hard winter.

Weather is still bad.
Everyday strong wind blows and it snow.
The amount of snow reaches 70cm in a few days.
Mt.Kurodake ropeway cannot operate for a week because of this strong wind.
We guess snow is enough to operate ski area
After this storm pass, Mt.Kurodake ski area will open.

It has been rough weather.
From Visitor Center we see snow smoke on the Sounkyo gorge.
Snow has been falling since yesterday.
The snow lay about 50cm.
It took a long time to shovel snow.
Mt.Kurodake ski area has 50cm snow now.
Probably wind is strong and snow was not piled up.
It takes more time to open.

Today is very rough weather.
Since early morning the wind has been strong and snow has been fallen.
Sounkyo is bad weather.
Weather forecast says that it will be bad weather for a few days and after a few days it will be raining and after that it will be windy again.
We think good and calm weather will be back in a few days.
This snow will stay until spring.
Seneral hundreds of “Bombycilla garrulus “ and ” Bombycilla japonica” that are migratory birds visit Kamikawa town.
They eat berries of “Sorbus commixta” that is very soft.
These berries fall down on the ground.
It’s like a red carpet.

Sounkyo Visitor Center winter season nature observation meeting
“The beautiful shapes of snow and ice”

Winter has come in all Hokkaido and snow falls everywhere.
Here in Sounkyo snow covered everything.
The traffic road is very slippery.
It’s hard to drive and walk.

We hold “winter season nature observation meeting”
More information, please ask Sounkyo Visitor Center
(01658-9-4400 9:00~17:00 Mondays is not open)