Yuzawa Now: Friday 11th December 2015
- Dec 11, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Friday 11th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's not good news this morning. Heavy rain at times overnight and heavy rain is expected on and off during the day today.
And with some forecasts having temperatures rising as high as a mind-boggling 20 degrees today, there's obviously no chance of snow even higher up. As of 8am it's already above 10 degrees and indeed has been around that through the night. Something wrong with that! You can see on the Kagura webcam the damage that rain has obviously done up there compared with yesterday. Perhaps it's just best we get this abnormal weather out of the way once and for all so that winter can move in.
Thankfully it should be dropping back down tomorrow somewhat with sunshine and clearer skies forecast.
But what's that on the week forecast for around mid-week next week? The first snowfall down to town level maybe? Onegai shimasu!
For the moment though we are going to have to continue holding tight.
Naeba planning on getting their artificial snow lower course area open from tomorrow.
Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
Currently part open:
The main Kagura course - 1500m in length, real snow (and artificial) - is open.
The Mitsumata (snow-mat) area is currently being used as a connection to get to the open Kagura area.
Operating lifts are Mitsumata Ropeway, Mitsumata Number 1 lift, Mitsumata Number 3 lift, Kagura Gondola and the Kagura Number 1 high speed quad.
The Kagura Gondola needs to be taken to return back to the Mitsumata area.
Saturday 12th December:
Naeba
On standby to open as soon as there is enough snow:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Kagura (Tashiro)
Maiko Snow Resort
Friday 18th December:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 19th December:
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Kandatsu Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Nakazato Snow Wood
Muimamachi Hakkaisan
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Kogen
Thursday 24th December:
Chateaux Shiozawa
Friday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Saturday 26th December:
Itsukamachi
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview
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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.