Yuzawa Now: Thursday 12th January 2017
- Jan 12, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this season 215cm
Posted on Thursday 12th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa.
And what a good one it is as well.
Ah yes, this feels much more like it!
Some good snowfall since yesterday and at times big thick flakes coming down from the sky. Fantastic to see. And it still looks like there's a lot more on the way as well. Steady snowfall is forecast right through into next week. And Saturday and Sunday are still forecast to bring us 'heavy snow' (along with potentially strong winds). So it looks like it might well be a stormy weekend - be prepared!
Anyway, here is what resorts are reporting today in terms of fresh snowfall:
Kagura: 20cm
Mitsumata: 25cm
Tashiro: 10cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 15-20cm
There's close to 20cm of fresh snow on the ground at my measuring point as well. Great to see my garden covered as well... it's gone from a very thin layer to over half a metre in the last two days and I am really hoping to see a lot more pile up before this snow storm is over.
GALA Yuzawa is now reporting over 2m of snow depth.
Oh yes by the way from this coming Saturday the link between GALA Yuzawa, Ishiuchi Maruyama and Yuzawa Kogen (and the lift ticket that covers all three of those resorts) will be opening up.
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You know what... with most ski resorts now either fully open or close to being fully open - and with the snow falling and lots more snow on the way over the coming few days - I think we are in the position now to not have to update the lift information for each ski resort in the reports. Apart from a few lifts and courses, most ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma are now able to operate as planned and we'll only be getting closer to 100% in the next few days.
I'm so happy to - at last - be able to say that! But things are looking good. Here's to heavy snowfall over the next few days.
By the way I will of course continue to update the official snow depth data (take it for what it is please) and any resort specific news, as well as how much snow resorts are reporting each day.
:)
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Official snow depth information as of Thursday 12th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 210cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 150cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 90cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 210cm
Mitsumata - 180cm
Tashiro - 160cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 160cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 175cm
Base - 50cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 180cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 130cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 115cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 150cm
Base - 80cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 80cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 75cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 12th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 215cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th and 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 69cm 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.