Yuzawa Now: Friday 13th April 2018
- Apr 13, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 857cm
Posted on Friday 13th April 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The big news this morning is that the GALA Yuzawa resort has announced that they will be open until Sunday 22nd April - rather than the initially planned 6th May. As you might expect, the reason being given is that since March we have had little fresh snow and warmer conditions are affecting snow conditions. So just over one week left at GALA and from Monday 23rd April we will be down to only the Kagura resort being open. It will be interesting to see if Kagura can open as long as initially planned.
Anyway, on to the weather and as I write that I can hear some wind making some howling sounds. At the time of writing that does not seem to be an issue with the resorts opening...
It is a mostly cloudy start to the day and it definitely feels colder than it has been. Tomorrow should be warmer and we might get to see more sunshine, but rain later on and perhaps into Sunday.
Naeba plans to re-open for the weekend.
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Planned resort operations - subject to change
GALA Yuzawa
- At least part open until Sunday 22nd April (* changed from the initial plan of 6th May)
- Official snow depth: 130cm
- Central Area: The Gondola, Coach, Barouche, Phaeton lifts operating; all courses remain open
- North Area: The Victoria lift operating; Broadway, Swan (part), Super Swan and Super Broadway courses remain open
- The South Area and Falcon course back to base are now closed for the season
Kandatsu Kogen
- At least part open until Sunday 22nd April
- Official snow depth: 70cm
- Kandatsu Kogen remains part open
- The Tozawa pair and Onaka and Ikenodaira quad lifts remain operating
Kagura
- Tashiro Ropeway plans to be at least part open until Sunday 6th May
- Mitsumata Ropeway and the main Kagura area plan to be at least part open until Sunday 27th May
- Official snow depth: Kagura area - 250cm; Mitsumata area - 150cm; Tashiro area - 200cm
- All areas of Kagura remain generally open and almost all course areas still available
- The downhill course back to Mitsumata Ropeway is closed
- The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is now closed for the season
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Naeba
- Naeba is currently closed on weekdays until 27th April
- It plans to re-open on Saturdays and Sundays
- The resort plans then plans to be (part open) daily from 28th April until 6th May
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 13th April 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 857cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 11cm reported on 3 days April 2018 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day |
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.