Yuzawa Now: Monday 11th January 2016
- Jan 11, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 121cm
Posted on Monday 11th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Resorts are this morning reporting up to 10-15cm of fresh snowfall, with 4cm on the ground here.
Yesterday was another fine day, with clouds staying just to the north of our region for most of the day until the evening... when it started raining. It was cold though and it turned into snow overnight so let's quickly move on. (I've had enough of the r word!)
It is snowing very lightly as I write the report and the local forecast is for the snow to stop sometime this morning leaving us with cloudy conditions for the rest of the day.
Unfortunately there seems to be less snow now on the weekly forecast than there was just yesterday. Not sure what is going on there but if it's right it'll just be a continuation of what we have been having so far (but hopefully less of the rain). Snow is there on the forecast, just generally light rather than the Yuzawa-like heavy snow that I have been mentioning we are used to.
But, forecasts can change quickly so let's not put too much in it for now.
Generally there will be better and fresher snow conditions higher up.
Today is a national holiday in Japan and so the last day of the long weekend. It will be less busy than yesterday and Saturday though with people starting to return home. We'll be back to a normal weekday today.
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Resort official snow depths (Monday 11th January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open.
Generally steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
110cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
80cm
Iwappara
40cm
Joetsu Kokusai
70cm
Kagura
90cm (Mitsumata)
120cm (Tashiro)
150cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
90cm
Maiko Snow Resort
90cm (upper)
20cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
80cm
Naeba
70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
70cm
Yuzawa Kogen
90cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
60cm
Yuzawa Park
35cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 11th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 121cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 29cm reported on 4 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.