Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 12th February 2025
- Feb 12, 2025
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this seas 910cm
Posted on Wednesday 12th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
* This report replaces the early report that was posted at 7am *
The snow has stopped, at last! For now, anyway.
The 10cm of fresh reported here is from yesterday.
It was a very cold start to the morning, at -6C in town.
Since then we have been treated to a beautiful morning with blue skies and sunshine, along with some lovely snow conditions... as you might expect after all that snow over the last week or so.
It has quickly warmed up this morning and is now just under +1C in town as of 11:15am. It is still bright, but more of an overcast feel now.
Mostly cloudy conditions are likely this afternoon.
The Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed as they continue to deal with the snow, as is the top Number 5 romance lift. Same with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (all other areas open). But all other ski areas should be open as normal.
It is interesting to see how some of the snow depth numbers have changed today. At some ski areas, they have gone up. At some, they have actually gone down. The latter may just be due to the snow being groomed/compressed, but there may be some 'don't want to scare people away' thinking in the mix there. Obviously, everyone reading this report is nothing but totally excited to hear about and see huge amounts of snow!
The weather over the next day or so is also going to be quite interesting and hard to predict.
All forecasts point to more fresh snow coming and possibly also strong winds again tomorrow during the day. Possibly enough to affect some lifts again.
But before that it is going to be very mild this evening and overnight, and we can expect some rain (in town at least and possibly on the mountains too) through into tomorrow morning. We would very much like to avoid that, or at least keep it to a minimum.
Beyond tomorrow, clearer skies are currently generally forecast for the weekend.
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Ski area information for Wednesday 12th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All ski areas that plan to be open this season are now open.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
460cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed again today due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
390cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
310cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
400cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 470cm
Base: 410cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
395cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 420cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Base: 280cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 250cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
375cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 450cm
Top: 330cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is closed today
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
400cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
300cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 12th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 910cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (5th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 272cm reported on 11 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.