Snow Park Yeti resort on Mt Fuji is usually the first resort in Japan to open each winter, typically spinning lifts by mid-October, but while the resort managed to open this week on October 25, it was only thanks to technology, not nature.
While Colorado's mountains have been seeing above average snowfall so far, for the first time in recorded history, Mt Fuji has no snow on November 1. Since records began 130 years ago, Japan's highest peak at 12,388 feet above sea level usually has at least a sprinkling of snow in October. This year, however, the BBC reports that unusually warm weather has meant not a single flake has been reported so far.
