Yuzawa Now: Friday 10th January 2014
- Jan 10, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 208cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
A very good cold and snowy morning from Yuzawa.
It was snowing for most of yesterday, heavier as the day moved on and this morning we have an extra 30-40cm of snowfall to report in town. Resorts around town are also reporting about the same numbers down to base and so we have a received a very nice conditions refresh and it should be great out there wherever you choose this morning.
A moderate wind in some places on mountain but that doesn't seem to be affecting lift operations as far as I can tell.
The latest local Niigata forecast has just been published and we are due another 10cm of so from now until 4pm today. In fact the snowfall is due to continue into tomorrow, perhaps easing off by Sunday.
I think most people though would be happy for heavy snowfall right through!
Monday is a national holiday in Japan and so it's a 3 day weekend coming up. Always busy this weekend, so if you are planning to come an early start is recommended. Like I said above though, whichever skijo in the region you choose conditions should be really good this weekend.
I will of course bring you another update tomorrow morning.
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Official resort snow depths @ Friday 10th January 2014, AM:
Naeba:
150cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
220cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
270cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
190cm
Gala Yuzawa:
220cm
Iwappara:
130cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
180cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
95cm
Yuzawa Park:
140cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
190cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
180cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
130cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 208cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December and 10th January) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 72cm reported on 6 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.