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Japan Weekly Snow Roundup #298
Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 21 January 2026: Japan leads global snowfall again, with 1m (40") in 72 hours on Hokkaido and heavy, cold powder spreading into Honshu.
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Bansko at 1600 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 pm (local time) / 22 Jan 2026
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -4 |
min °C | -1 | -4 | -4 | -1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -5 |
-1 | -4 | -4 | -1 | -3 | -6 | -2 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -6 | -6 | -7 | |
91 | 92 | 86 | 89 | 84 | 81 | 93 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 93 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 73 | |
1500 | 1000 | 1700 | 1650 | 1250 | 1900 | 1800 | 1750 | 2200 | 2150 | 2050 | 1900 | 1700 | 1400 | 1350 | 1200 | 850 | |
 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sat afternoon, min -4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 11.0mm) on Mon morning. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sun afternoon, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
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- 9 hours ago
Tons of fresh snow overnight, 15cm in the village, more higher up. Serious risk of avalanche on steep alpine terrain. The new snow is wet and heavy sitting on a packed base layer from Bansko
Bansko Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 135 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 35 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 14 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Bulgaria are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (1)
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Week 4 of January has on average:
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.5 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.7 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Bulgaria are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (1)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Bansko at the specific elevation of 1600 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Bansko. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Bulgaria.
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Visitor Reviews of Bansko
Overall 3.7 Based on 208 votes and 359 reviews
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- Sean from United Kingdom writes:
Felt the need to stick another review of Bansko on here. I skied the weekend 1st March. Bansko is a small resort. There's no doubt that there is too much accommodation and not enough pistes, but I think the recent poor reviews here are unfair. Get up early and you'll walk on to the gondola, no problem, we didn't queue once. Wait until ski school and all the stag weekenders to get up though and you'll queue obviously. As you would in Kitzbuhel or Les Deux Alpes or Morzine. In fact, anywhere with limited lifts up the mountain. On the mountain there is one bottleneck, avoid that (which is easy) and you'll have little issue with the chairs, all of which are fine. The pistes are very high quality and the review stating they're "unmarked" is rubbish. Truth be told, there's no way anyone could get lost anyway. Again, skiing at peak times on the blues can be busy but Bansko is a resort aimed at beginners. They go on blues so what do you expect? Beginners often fall over too so seeing that a few times is hardly a surprise. Is Bansko any worse than anywhere else though? No, it is not. In town, particularly up near the gondola, is a bit tacky. Bars like Amigos cater to the idiots which, again, you can find in 90% of European resorts if you want to. Walk down to the old town though and you'll find some absolutely wonderful Mehanas serving totally authentic food and drink. Again, LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE, you can see what you want to see. I've been skiing in Bansko for over 20 years. The people have always been great. Yes, the guys that have to put up with tourists all day are a bit surly (and show me a French lift attendant who isn't) but Bulgarians also have a very dry sense of humor and a rather blunt demeanor so I'd politely suggest that people who think they're rude probably misunderstand them half the time. I have never had an issue. Not once. So, in summary, I'd personally ignore the negative reviews here. If you want a short ski break on decent slopes in a place set up for new skiers and don't want to pay a fortune you could do far worse than Bansko.
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Sean from United Kingdom writes:
Felt the need to stick another review of Bansko on here. I skied the weekend 1st March.
Bansko is a small resort. There's no doubt that there is too much accommodation and not enough pistes, but I think the recent poor reviews here are unfair. Get up early and you'll walk on to the gondola, no problem, we didn't queue once. Wait until ski school and all the stag weekenders to get up though and you'll queue obviously. As you would in Kitzbuhel or Les Deux Alpes or Morzine. In fact, anywhere with limited lifts up the mountain. On the mountain there is one bottleneck, avoid that (which is easy) and you'll have little issue with the chairs, all of which are fine. The pistes are very high quality and the review stating they're "unmarked" is rubbish. Truth be told, there's no way anyone could get lost anyway. Again, skiing at peak times on the blues can be busy but Bansko is a resort aimed at beginners. They go on blues so what do you expect? Beginners often fall over too so seeing that a few times is hardly a surprise. Is Bansko any worse than anywhere else though? No, it is not.
In town, particularly up near the gondola, is a bit tacky. Bars like Amigos cater to the idiots which, again, you can find in 90% of European resorts if you want to. Walk down to the old town though and you'll find some absolutely wonderful Mehanas serving totally authentic food and drink. Again, LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE, you can see what you want to see.
I've been skiing in Bansko for over 20 years. The people have always been great. Yes, the guys that have to put up with tourists all day are a bit surly (and show me a French lift attendant who isn't) but Bulgarians also have a very dry sense of humor and a rather blunt demeanor so I'd politely suggest that people who think they're rude probably misunderstand them half the time. I have never had an issue. Not once.
So, in summary, I'd personally ignore the negative reviews here. If you want a short ski break on decent slopes in a place set up for new skiers and don't want to pay a fortune you could do far worse than Bansko.
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