Yuzawa Now: Monday 12th February 2024
- Feb 12, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 28, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this seas 510cm
Posted on Monday 12th February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's the last day of the long weekend here in Japan. And while ski areas will still probably be busy today, likely not as much as yesterday... especially once it gets to lunchtime and the afternoon.
Yesterday it was snowing at times, though it didn't really result in much in terms of new cm. More of varying levels of dusting (which has gone already).
Kagura ski area is reporting 3cm of fresh snow this morning.
This morning we have blue sky north of Yuzawa with a more overcast start here, but expect the skies to clear fairly quickly. It should be a nice day.
Tomorrow will very probably be sunny from early on, and it will start really warming up. Local forecasts predict a high of around 9C in town tomorrow and then up to 12C or higher during the daytime on Wednesday and Thursday. Obviously, those spring-like temperatures are not what we want in the middle of February. Thankfully it does look like it will be cooling down on Friday, but just how the season develops beyond this week is unclear. We can't really do anything other than hope for the best!
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 190cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama is available
The Southern Area connection with Yuzawa Kogen is available
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 150cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa is available
Night skiing until 8:00pm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 120cm
Night skiing until 7:00pm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 180cm (top)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
Kagura
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 3cm
Official snow depth: 210cm (top), 160cm (base)
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 150cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 0cm
Official snow depth: 190cm (top), 55cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 230cm (top), 100cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth: 120cm (top), 60cm (base)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
See our Naeba Now report
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 140cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth: 150cm (top), 70cm (base)
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is available
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 125cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 110cm
Yuzawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Monday 12th February 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 510cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 14cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 137cm reported on 9 days January 2024 snowfall 306cm reported on 15 days February 2024 snowfall 53cm reported on 6 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.