Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 10th February 2021
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this seas 967cm
Posted on Wednesday 10th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
By night time yesterday there was 7cm of snowfall (since the morning report) and there is an additional 14cm to add to that this morning. So, 21cm since yesterdays report.
Here's how much fresh snowfall ski areas are reporting this morning:
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 20cm
Iwappara: 5cm (from last night)
Kagura: 5cm (from last night)
Maiko Snow Resort: 10cm (from last night)
Interesting bunch of numbers. The 'from last night' kind of wording that some ski areas use is always...curious. Is that actually meant to include snow during the day yesterday? The wording suggests not. But it would be great to include that too so we can keep a track of it. Just to be clear, the concept behind the numbers on our reports is 'since the last report' - a full days worth.
Anyway, back to the weather. There is a lot of cloud still around and but some surrounding areas are seeing a bit of sunshine already, and there are some hints of it in places here too; so wouldn't be surprised if we also got clearer skies today.
[Update at 9:15am: The sun is out!]
There might be some more snowfall overnight tonight but tomorrow the forecast is for cloud once again.
Tomorrow is a national holiday, so it will be interesting to see how busy ski areas are.
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses open
Official snow depth:
370cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 320cm
Iwappara
Number 2 pair lift only operating in the central area
Official snow depth:
265cm
Joetsu Kokusai
3 lifts and 9 courses in the main Nagamine and Panorama areas open
Official snow depth:
300cm
Kagura
Mostly open - 19 of 23 courses available
Official snow depth:
Top: 330cm
Base: 280cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (all lifts apart from D lift)
Official snow depth:
270cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All areas and courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 250cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from C course open
Official snow depth:
310cm
Naeba
6 lifts (including Number 2 Gondola) and 14 courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 150cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Both base and Kogen areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 320cm
Base: 240cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2 and 3 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
285cm
Yuzawa Park
Number 1 and 7 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
240cm
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas. Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
GALA Yuzawa:
All courses are scheduled to be open every day. On weekdays the Sociable lift will be closed for the time being.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
On weekdays, the Green Lift and Chuo triple lifts are closed for the time being.
Iwappara:
On weekdays, only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara is open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends.
Base to summit areas are open on weekends.
The central to top area will be open on Friday 12th and Monday 22nd February.
Joetsu Kokusai:
On weekdays the main area in front of the hotel and (at least part of) Panorama area are open. The Atema and Osawa areas are closed for the time being.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed with no confirmed re-opening date.
NASPA Ski Garden:
All lifts and courses are open on weekends. The Number 2 and 3 lifts are rested on weekdays (when all courses but C will be open). This change is planned until 7th March.
Yuzawa Park:
Closed on the following dates:
Monday 15th - Friday 19th; Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th February
Monday 1st; Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th; Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th March
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 10th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 967cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 159cm reported on 7 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.