Yuzawa Now: Friday 13th December 2013
- Dec 13, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 26cm
Posted on Friday 13th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
I was hoping to bring news of huge amounts of fresh snowfall this morning, but.... it's clear and sunny!
Yes, we have beautiful blue skies over Yuzawa and there's hardly a cloud to be seen over this particular valley anyway. To the north it looks like there's a fair bit of cloud. Currently it is 1C with a high of 5C due later on.
No new snow overnight to report, but it was snowing for most of the day yesterday and so I have added a few cm to the numbers on this page.
Snow should be back though by the end of the day and snowfall along with cold temperatures are forecast for the weekend.
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In resort news, from tomorrow the connecting course between the Kagura area and Tashiro areas will be open for the first time this season. This means that most of the Kagura resort will be open. Not quite all, but most of it. Certainly enough to have a fine day in that fresh snow. Both of the Ropeways at Kagura will be opening from 7:30am tomorrow morning. The Dragondola between Naeba and Tashiro should be up and running from Saturday 21st December.
Over at Naeba, lovely blue skies over that part of Yuzawa as well. They have the Number 4 pair lift moving today, possibly in celebration of the main base
hotel opening for winter.
Joetsu Kokusai in Minamiuonuma have actually opened a run this morning and Iwappara in Yuzawa are planning to be open tomorrow. Both are limited openings as things stand but if we do get snowfall tonight they will adjust as is possible.
Maiko Snow Resort are hoping to open tomorrow but it's borderline right now. Again, probably will depend on snowfall overnight.
I can tell that I'm going to be very busy tomorrow morning, and I'll try to bring you all the latest from around town.
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Currently part open:
Kagura:
Most of Kagura will be open from tomorrow including the connection between the main Kagura area and Tashiro.
Naeba:
Number 5 quad
Number 4 pair lift
Joetsu Kokusai:
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Planned resort opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
December 14th:
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Kogen
Nakazato Snow Wood
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Ski Resort
December 20th:
Yuzawa Park
Ishiuchi Maruyama
December 21st:
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Yuzawa Kogen (Nunoba area)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
December 28th:
Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 13th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (8th and 12th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 21cm reported on 3 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.