Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 11th February 2025
- Feb 11, 2025
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 42cm
Snowfall at base this seas 900cm
Posted on Tuesday 11th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
This snow just won't stop!
There has been another 32cm of snowfall since last night. Adding the 10cm from the daytime yesterday, that is another total of 42cm to report since yesterday morning.
Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 40-50cm and is the only number I can find from a ski area this morning.
The snow continues, along with some windy conditions and poor visibility. It should ease off and perhaps stop sometime this afternoon or this evening. Maybe.
All areas of Kagura are closed today, as is the top section of Yuzawa Kogen (the Ropeway will be open for sightseeing, but you might not be able to see much!). The Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is still closed and, again, there may be other lifts affected by these ongoing weather conditions.
I had a chat with a several ski area managers yesterday, and they all pretty much said the same thing... 'enough!'. I'm sure they'll still want regular top-ups going forward, but we now have very large amounts of snow that will surely take every ski area through to their planned closing dates (and maybe even beyond). That is excellent news, of course. But 'too much snow all at once' is also affecting their business, with people either unable to get here due to traffic issues, people put off by the weather, and lifts having to close. Coping with such large amounts of snow over a period of several days involves a lot of extra effort for them. Gambatte!
We might a bit of relief from the snow and get to see some sun tomorrow morning - and then some more snow is due to be falling on Thursday.
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Ski area information for Tuesday 11th February 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 ski areas that plan to be open this season are now open.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
440cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed again today due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
420cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
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):
315cm
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):
380cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 470cm
Base: 410cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
410cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 430cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Base: 280cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 250cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
390cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 430cm
Top: 290cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is closed today
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
410cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
290cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Tuesday 11th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 900cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (5th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 262cm reported on 10 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.