Yuzawa Now: Friday 10th January 2025
- Jan 10, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this seas 432cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we had a rather nice morning, actually. The skies parted over Yuzawa for a while before gathering around again later on.
This morning it is snowing again. It seems to have start sometime around 2am (as I was woken up by the sound of our pump starting up to send water up to the roof on the house to melt the falling snow).
As of 8:45am, we measure 22cm of fresh snowfall at our Yuzawa point and 24cm just to the north at our measuring point the Ishiuchi region of Minamiuonuma.
Maiko Snow Resort reports 20-30cm. Yuzawa Kogen reports 15cm.
The snow is still coming down and generally limited visibility. Feels quite cold too and it is now slightly above -3C in town.
Due to the weather conditions only the Mitsumata Area of Kagura is open. Tashiro and the central Kagura section are not going to be opening today. The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is also closed, of course.
Other than that, all other ski areas in the region appear to be opening as planned.
Looking ahead to the upcoming long weekend (Monday is a national holiday), I'm looking at four different forecasts that are predicting different things. The current snow might continue into tomorrow morning, but generally it should be fairly calm with the chance of some sunshine at times.
Whatever the weather, but especially if it is fine and sunny, expect ski areas to be busy this weekend. It is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the ski season.
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Ski area information for Friday 10th January 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order. All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
290cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is available
The Southern Area is now part open, but the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
230cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is available
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
120cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
240cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 320cm
Base: 290cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
230cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 270cm
Base: 140cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 140cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 190cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
210cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 250cm
Top: 200cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
190cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
170cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 432cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 80cm 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.