Yuzawa Now: Thursday 14th December 2017
- Dec 14, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 54cm
Snowfall at base this season 88cm
Posted on Thursday 14th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's a very good morning to you all from here in Yuzawa.
Now this is more like it!!
Loads of snow has been falling in the region since yesterday morning.
It's one of those days where it is difficult to put one number on it, but I'm just going to have to go with how much I have measured... 54cm.
Kagura this morning are reporting 50-60cm of fresh snow, and I suspect there is actually probably more than that up there.
It has been pretty much snowing for most of the time since my report yesterday - sometimes lightly sometimes very heavily and so it has been building up nicely.
Snow is forecast for the morning easing off by evening and tomorrow should be cloudy with perhaps some sun.
This feels like winter - proper this time - and hopefully we won't see our plant pots in the garden again until April!
Excellent.
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Excite resort opening news - as we have it this morning:
Maiko Snow Resort have announced that they will be opening tomorrow (Friday). They plan to have their Gondola as well as the two Okusoeji lifts operating - 6 courses will be available.
A bunch of ski resorts were hoping to open this weekend and it's full on bata-bata (people running around in panic!) right now with this snowfall arriving and decisions being made.
We will be trying to collect as much information as possible today and tomorrow morning and hope to bring you more details in the next report. Be sure to tune in!
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Currently open in Yuzawa (and official snow depths where available):
Kagura
- Kagura area: 150cm
- Mitsumata area: 90cm
- Tashiro area: 110cm
Naeba
- Base: 60cm
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Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
Opening as soon as there is enough snow:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 15th December 2017
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 16th December 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Kandatsu Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Thursday 21st December 2017
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Friday 22nd December 2017
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 88cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 74cm 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.