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Weekly Snow News for North America, updated January 7, 2026: Deep freezes hit the East and Midwest while Pacific storms bring two feet of snow to Tahoe.
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Lotte Arai Resort at 804 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 am (local time) / 08 Jan 2026
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max °C | -4 | -6 | -7 | -3 | -3 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -3 | -5 | -6 | -5 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
min °C | -5 | -6 | -8 | -5 | -3 | -3 | 1 | 3 | -1 | -4 | -6 | -8 | -6 | -5 | -4 | 1 | -1 | -4 |
-13 | -14 | -15 | -9 | -3 | -6 | -2 | -2 | -6 | -12 | -17 | -19 | -14 | -10 | -9 | -4 | -8 | -10 | |
97 | 93 | 89 | 69 | 75 | 59 | 47 | 53 | 96 | 78 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 84 | 69 | 73 | 97 | 90 | |
250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 1150 | 1650 | 1000 | 450 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 1400 | 850 | 100 | |
 | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — |
 | — | 4:45 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:49 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 4:51 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Sat afternoon, min -8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Tue morning, min -8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon).
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Latest snow reports near Lotte Arai Resort:
47 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
49 minutes ago
It is snowing heavily at Hakuba 47. from Hakuba 47
47 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
3 hours agoSnowing at a moderate rate at Hakuba 47. from Hakuba 47
14 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
18 hours ago
Excellent on and off piste conditions. It's snowing, the week ahead looks good. from Ikenotaira Onsen Alpenblick
26 km away from Lotte Arai Resort
23 hours agoPartly cloudy at Nozawa Onsen. Not much wind here, just a light breeze. About freezing. Only a dusting of new snow. Lifts are mostly open. Off piste there is not enough snow for skiing. from Nozawa Onsen
Lotte Arai Resort Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 11 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in Japan - Niigata are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (1)
Snow History
Week 2 of January has on average:
0.8 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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2.5 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.6 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Lotte Arai Resort at the specific elevation of 804 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Lotte Arai Resort. 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 Japan.
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Resort name is also written as ARAI Mountain and Spa.
Visitor Reviews of Lotte Arai Resort
Overall 3.4 Based on 6 votes and 4 reviews
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- Goofy TreeHugger from China writes:
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts. Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk. Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort. Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors. There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare. Summary: expensive but good.
Visitor Reviews of Lotte Arai Resort
Goofy TreeHugger from China writes:
Visited January 2019. A major storm system moved in, we had about 1.5m of fresh powder in 2 days. Words do not do justice to the the amazing slack country available direct from the lifts.
Arai is a little low, so it can get wet at the base. But the good riding is all from the top, above a normal freeze line. I did not get into the back country due to avalanche risk.
Lotte Arai is expensive compared to Nozawa, Akakura, Madarao, Tangram etc. At 7000Yen a day including a returnable deposit, there is a big difference to the other local resorts. Facilities are amazing. There is only 1 hotel: Lotte Arai, with around 350 rooms, so the mountain gets a max of 1000 people on it. That may sound a lot but facilities cope very well. There is no easily accessible town (a shuttle bus to Arai Town) so you are stuck in the resort.
Myoko Snow Sports run a ski school there. So there are English speaking instructors.
There are good facilities for children and the hotel offers daycare.
Summary: expensive but good.
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