Yuzawa Now: Friday 10th January 2020
- Jan 10, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this seas 86cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
This morning is a bit better with some fresh snow to report from the resorts.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5cm of snowfall, presumably up top. Yuzawa Kogen are reporting about 10cm of fresh snowfall overnight. and Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 3cm. No word at time of writing from Kagura, though hopefully there might have been a little more up there. So a bit of relief and snow is actually falling now though we're not expecting it to be continue for long and add much more. It will probably be cloudy for the day.
Probably some sunshine tomorrow.
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The forecast for the coming month was being discussed on local news yesterday.
It sounds like we can expect 'less snow than usual' over the coming month over the wider region. Obviously that is not what we wanted to hear, but it does increasingly feel like that kind of season.
They did say we will likely get regular snowfall - but just not huge amounts of it like we normally expect.
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Individual ski resort information: Friday 10th January 2020
All information checked and updated manually for each report. Subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area and Northern Area courses are open
- All lifts are now operating apart from the Waggonette pair lift and the Ropeway lift connecting with Yuzawa Kogen in the Southern Area
- Southern Area not yet open
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
- Official snow depth: 100cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All three base Entrances now open (but you can't ski/board between Hatsukaichi and Chuo areas)
- Most courses except some advanced courses now open
- Official snow depth: 60cm
Iwappara
- Number 2 and 3 pair lifts, Number 1 romance lift, Chuo quad and summit quad are operating
- The central to upper area of the resort is open
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 9 lifts operating
- 9 courses open (in front of hotel, Panorama, Atema areas)
- Official snow depth: 70cm
Kagura
- All areas are open with most courses now available
- Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases ropeways are operating
- The lift/course connection between Tashiro Area and Kagura Area is available
- Top gate should be open from 11th January
- The top Number 5 lift is operating
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 110cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- A, B, C and E lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 85cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Gondola and top Okusoechi quad and pair lifts are operating
- 8 courses in the top Okusoechi area are open. Take the Gondola back down to base.
- 3 lifts and courses over on the Maiko area are also operating
- Official snow depth: 70cm (upper); 10cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway and Number 1 and 3 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 100cm
Naeba
- Naeba is mostly open
- Official snow depth: 70cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts operating
- B, C, E, F, G and H courses are open (A and D closed)
- Mogul and Slopestyle not open
- Kids Garden open
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- All Kogen lifts now operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm (Kogen); 30cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2 and 3 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1 and 7 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 20cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 86cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 47cm 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.