Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 12th December 2017
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 30cm
Posted on Tuesday 12th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's good to see fresh snow on the ground. Not as much as we were hoping for perhaps - I am measuring 6cm.
Kagura aren't reporting any fresh snowfall numbers this morning - so much more interesting than 'official snow depths' which are... far less useful (if you ask me). I see Naeba are reporting 10-20cm of fresh snow.
So it looks like conditions higher up at the open places should be pretty good.
But anyway, snow clouds should be over the region for today and perhaps through Thursday and then back with us on Sunday. As I write this report the snow has eased off a little and there's even a bit of sky on show in some areas, but I am hearing it is snowing just to the north in Minamiuonuma.
Patience!
(Or Kagura/Naeba).
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Currently open in Yuzawa (and official snow depths where available):
Kagura
- Kagura area: 110cm
- Mitsumata area: 50cm
- Tashiro area: 50cm
Naeba
- Base: 40cm
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Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
Opening as soon as there is enough snow:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 15th December 2017
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 16th December 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Kandatsu Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Thursday 21st December 2017
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Friday 22nd December 2017
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Tuesday 12th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 30cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 6cm (9th and 12th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 16cm 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.