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Japan Snow Continues To Go Off 13-Foot Snowpacks = The Norm

Japan is having one heck of a big winter this year. There is more snow on the ground here right now than there has been at any point in the past 8 years. Many ski resorts on the main isle of Honshu already have over 4-meter (13.1-feet) deep snowpacks. This January has been almost nothing but big storms. The second two weeks of December were exceptionally snowy as well skyrocket the Japanese snowpack to record levels. Things have filled in in a way we don’t generally see here. Pillows are bigger, lines are smoother, new options have opened up, and the bushes and low trees are nonexistent. […]

SnowBrains | January 23, 2015
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