Yuzawa Now: Friday 14th December 2012
- Dec 14, 2012
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 105cm
Weather overview Clear and sunny
Wind
Slight-moderate
Temperature 3C base / -6C top
Visibility
Excellent
Posted at 9:18am on Friday 14th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The sun is out and we have blue skies all around the region this morning - it has certainly started off as a beautiful day and may well be until the lifts close though cloud is due to move in later on.
It is relatively mild too with a temperature of around +4C here in town early on, and a high of +7C likely.
Up at Naeba, they are now operating the Prince Number 2 gondola and opened the Daishamen course, so you can now slide down the mountain to base. It is still fairly limited though as they wait for more snow to get things open up some more.
This morning, Iwappara has opened for the season with just the No2 and No3 pair lifts moving. From tomorrow I can confirm that Yuzawa Nakazato, Yuzawa Kogen, Kandatsu Kogen, Maiko Snow Resort and Joetsu Kokusai all intend to part open up for the season as well - so it is great to finally get lifts moving near town level. Even though they will all likely be part openings, it feels like the season is about to start proper. We're still early as well.
The forecast for the weekend still tells us there's a chance of rain, but happily at the moment it does not look like it will be a consistent and heavy downpour. It still looks like it will be rather mild again though tomorrow, so all we can do is hope for the best.
Planned ski area openings:
15th December
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Yuzawa Nakazato
Kandatsu Kogen
Maiko Snow Resort
21st December
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Yuzawa Park
Muikamachi Ski Resort
22nd December
Gala Yuzawa
NASPA Ski Garden
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Chateau Shiozawa
23rd December
Itsukamachi
Hakkaisanroku
Late December
Yuzawa Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Mt Granview
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Opening, lift & other notes
Kagura is mostly open and part of Naeba is also now open.
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Data as of Friday 14th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 105cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 8cm December 2012 snowfall 97cm |
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.