Yuzawa Now: Sunday 11th May 2025
- May 11, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 7 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1243cm
Posted on Sunday 11th May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Some more news to report and so another report!
With snow melting away, the lower Mitsumata Area of Kagura is now only being used as 'connecting' course to and from Kagura, and the Taikai course is now closed. You can still ski/board back down to the top station of Mitsumata Ropeway, so no walking involved at this point.
Cloudy weather forecast for the day today and it looks like there's limited visibility up at Kagura.
A moderate wind is still around.
It was really warm yesterday; it won't be quite as much today.
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Kagura
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
240cm (top)
220cm (base)
* Unchanged for a while, pinches of salt advised!
Lifts operating (scheduled):
Mitsumata Ropeway
Mitsumata Number 1 quad
Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift
Kagura gondola
Kagura Number 1 quad
Number 1 romance pair (possibly only on holidays)
Courses open (scheduled):
Kagura main course
Kagura main course bypass
Technical course
Giant course
Kagura connecting course
Panorama course
Gondola course
Family course (Mitsumata Area)
Gondola Line course (Mitsumata Area)
Mitsumata Ropeway is open from 8:00am until 4:30pm (last one going up at 3:00pm)
The Tashiro Ropeway / Tashiro Area is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 18th May 2025
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The following ski areas have now closed (for skiing/snowboarding) for the 2024-2025 season:
Chateau Shiozawa
GALA Yuzawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Joetsu Kokusai
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Iwappara
Kagura (Tashiro Area is closed; Mitsumata Ropeway is still open)
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Naeba
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Sunday 11th May 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 13 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm May 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.