Yuzawa Now: Monday 10th December 2012
- Dec 10, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 45cm
Snowfall at base this season 60cm
Weather overview Snow!
Wind
Slight
Temperature -1C base / -10C top
Visibility
Generally poor
Posted at 8:32am on Monday 10th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and what a good one it is as well. Winter feels like it has suddenly properly arrived. Both in Yuzawa and neighbouring Minamiuonuma, we were promosed lots of snow for the weekend and it was looking like we might have been left out of the fun but since yesterday afternoon the snow was turned on and by the evening I had to move 30-40cm off the car outside my house. This morning an additional 15-20cm on top of that.
It seems that Kagura resort got themselves 70cm of new fluffy snow, according to their official snow depth numbers, while Naeba are reporting that 50-80cm snow fell on their slopes since yesterday.
So, basically a lot of snow has fallen since yesterday, and it is still falling now and likely to continue all of today and at least into tomorrow as well.
With most resorts planning to open from next weekend, there's no big change in resort operations around town this morning as far as we can tell but this snowfall will of course bode well for proper openings next weekend.
The Tashiro part of Kagura is actually closed this morning due to weather conditions.
Opening, lift & other notes
Kagura is mostly open and part of Naeba is also now open.
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Data as of Monday 10th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 60cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 8cm December 2012 snowfall 52cm |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.