Yuzawa Now: Thursday 11th February 2016
- Feb 11, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 315cm
Posted on Thursday 11th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Yesterday we got more snow falling for lots of the day and this morning I have measured a further 22cm to add to what we got yesterday.
I see this morning Kagura are reporting 10-20cm while Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 20cm.
The last few days has really seen the kind of snowfall that we usually enjoy so often here. It's fantastic to suddenly see a fairly decent amount of snow piled up at the side of the roads - and to have to get out there and do some shovelling. Yes, shovelling is fun. I want to do lots more of it!
This morning light snow has still been snowing and it's cloudier than we were led to believe it would be by the forecast but there are a few signs that it is gradually clearing so we might be left with clear(er) skies by the end of the day.
It's a national holiday here in Japan (National Foundation Day) and so popular resorts will be busier than a usual weekday and with the fresh snowfall I'm sure lots of people will be visiting for the day to make the most of it as conditions should be great out there.
Tomorrow sunshine is forecast and it's also going to start getting warmer with a high temperature here in town perhaps even getting close to 10 degrees.
It really would be cruel (for want of a better word) for us to get rained on just after this fine dump of snow we have received. But we can't do anything about nature can we, so the only thing we can do is hope that the forecasts are off a bit. After all, they've hardly had a perfect track record this season!
It would also really be cruel for the Naeba World Cup event to be marred by rain. The races themselves are being held at Naeba on Saturday and Sunday.
Hope you can get to enjoy today and tomorrow, should be good!
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Resort official snow depths (Thursday 11th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
190cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
210cm
Iwappara
170cm
Joetsu Kokusai
170cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
160-180cm
Maiko Snow Resort
220cm (upper)
120cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
180cm
Naeba
130cm
NASPA Ski Garden
175cm
Yuzawa Kogen
170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
110cm
Yuzawa Park
150cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 315cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 80cm 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.