Yuzawa Now: Monday 10th February 2020
- Feb 10, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this seas 291cm
Posted on Monday 10th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It was snowing on and off through the day yesterday; a few periods of clearer weather and even sunshine in places. It was still snowing later in the evening when I went out to shovel some snow**.
The popular ski resorts were very busy too - there were a lot of people out enjoying the fresh snow.
I have observed another 16cm of snowfall to report since my report yesterday morning.
This morning both Kagura and Maiko - the resorts that report such numbers - are both reporting 10cm. That seem quite low considering what I have observed, but it is what it is! (Maiko always flag their number as 'snowfall since last night', so perhaps that explains it).
There has been a lot of cloud around this morning but increasingly blue sky too over the last hour or so and it is bright and some sunshine too. It's a chilly start to the morning with temperatures due to rise to the other side of zero, and we have more snowfall due from afternoon through into tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll be bringing further snowfall numbers in my next report.
Tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan (National Foundation Day) so it will be busier than usual for a Tuesday. Indeed, today may be busier than usual for a Monday with some people taking the day off. If you did that --- very good timing, I say!!
Beyond tomorrow, we are still forecast some milder/warmer conditions in the second part of the week.
(** After the lack of shovelling work required through December and January, you won't find me moaning about shovelling snow any time in the near future. I love it. The more shovelling the better...)
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GALA Yuzawa
- All courses (apart from $2,600,000 and Bronco) are now open, including the downhill Falcon course
- All lifts operating
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Official snow depth: 250cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 250cm (upper); 160cm (mid)
Iwappara
- All courses and lifts (apart from Number 1 pair) are open
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- All areas are now open
- Official snow depth: 160cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are normally open
- 20 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 270cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- All scheduled courses and lifts are open (D lift and associated courses closed on weekdays)
- Official snow depth: 180cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- All areas are now open
- Official snow depth: 190cm (upper); 90cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway, Number 1 and 3 lifts are operating
- 12 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 220cm
Naeba
- 21 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 110cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All main courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- All courses and lifts are open
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 150cm (Kogen); 50cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 125cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1, 7 and 8 lifts are operating; most courses open
- Official snow depth: 130cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Monday 10th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 291cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 164cm reported on 8 days |
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.