Yuzawa Now: Monday 12th January 2026
- Jan 12
- 3 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 58cm
Snowfall at base this seas 392cm
Posted on Monday 12th January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
First of all, I spent almost all day yesterday indoors and so only observed what the weather was doing from inside (and webcams and from friends). But it sure seemed varied and a bit... weird!
After the wet start, we got into snow falling in the morning, followed by an unexpected period of blue increasing blue sky and sun, and then back to some very heavy snow by evening and overnight. Oh yes, along with with some noisy winds, particularly overnight.
It was great to see the snow really coming down hard and very quickly accumulating.
Two measuring point snow clearing sessions later, we have measured a total of 58cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday morning. With the wind, there is probably going to be more than that - and less than that - depending on where you are. But wherever you are in the region, there's a lot of lovely fresh snow around this morning.
It has been snowing this morning, too, but in the last hour or so has been easing off and there is even some blue sky around now. Should be a nice treat for people heading out this morning. (The current clearer skies might well be temporary).
Until this year, a few ski areas in this region mentioned new snowfall every morning. (Very) unfortunately, that reporting seems to be very rare this season. Almost all of them only talking about 'snow depth', which really isn't anywhere near as useful or interesting a number as how much fresh snow has fallen each day. A good example is today. Most of the snow depth numbers have either not changed or have increased just a bit. But we have had over half a metre of snowfall since yesterday! It's hard to understand how ski areas don't think that the new snowfall is not worth mentioning.
Anyway, it is what it is. I wonder if it's just because everywhere is struggling with there not being enough staff?
Actually, I just noticed that Yuzawa Kogen is today mentioning 50cm of snow overnight. But that info is buried and you have to go looking for it. I will mention any reported new snowfall numbers when I see them.
I'll shut up about that for now!
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Monday 12th January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 392cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 58cm (on 12th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 236cm reported on 8 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.