Yuzawa Now: Thursday 11th January 2018
- Jan 11, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 421cm
Posted on Thursday 11th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
UPDATE AT 9:15am
I feel I should update the report - the snowfall I reported at the time of the original report eased up and right now clouds are clearing and the sun is breaking through!
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ORIGINAL REPORT
Good morning from Yuzawa.
The weather is acting... a little odd in our region just at the moment.
As I mentioned yesterday the snow clouds appear to be moving across Niigata Prefecture to the north of us - and giving our region something of a miss in the process. Yesterday was a windy and snow-free day here, and even after hearing that it was snowing fairly close by in Tokamachi when I made my way over there yesterday afternoon, I was still a bit surprised to see a decent amount of fresh snow on the ground over there. There was still none over here when I got back. And it was really strange hearing about snow down in Kyushu and western Japan - areas that usually hardly get any.
There is actually is a bit of fresh snow on the ground here this morning... 4cm on the roads around town to add to the report. (Just outside of Yuzawa in neighbouring Minamiuonuma remains dry).
Higher resorts are also reporting fresh. Kagura are reporting between 10-15cm of fresh snowfall; Naeba and Maiko Snow Resort are both reporting 5cm.
So it would seem that today is definitely a day when 'go high' is the best advice for better snow conditions. Lower areas could still do with a good refresh. Actually, higher areas could also do with it.
I'm not going to try and say what we'll get served up today. We are hoping snow on and off during the day and that is what local forecasts say; but they said that yesterday!
Early on it has been generally cloudy - and as I am about to post the report this morning there is good news: I am happy to report snow has started falling in higher areas. Let's hope it continues.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 220cm
Iwappara
- 150cm
Kagura
- Kagura area: 320cm
- Mitsumata area: 220cm
- Tashiro area: 270cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 180cm
Naeba
- 210cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 160cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 160cm
Yuzawa Park
- 150cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 150cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 180cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 200cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 130cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays between 10th January and 14th March (!)
- 240cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 421cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 130cm 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.