Yuzawa Now: Saturday 14th February 2015
- Feb 14, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 1140cm
Posted on Saturday 14th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Ah yes, I like it when I can report 30cm of fresh snow in a morning. And that's about what we got this morning with 'the resorts that report' and the snow on the top of my car all saying the same this morning... a good foot of fresh snow.
It was snowing quite heavily in the afternoon in particular yesterday and Yuzawa felt bustling. Feels like it is going to be a busy weekend.
Folks who are looking for the deep fresh will be happy, families looking for a gentler sunny day less so. The snowfall is set to continue through all of today and perhaps into tomorrow as well though there's a chance it will be easing off tomorrow.
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There's a wind too this morning and it's playing with plans up at Kagura. Going to be another day off for the Tashiro Ropeway unfortunately and Kagura will be open from Mitsumata Ropeway just to the Mitsumata Number 2 Romance lift to start with... they'll be trying to get the Kagura Gondola and quad going if conditions allow.
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Already hearing news of a 'season extension' due to the large amount of snow this season. NASPA Ski Garden near the town centre were planning on being open until Sunday 5th April, but they have announced that they'll be moving the lifts on the following two weekends as well (11th, 12th; 18th, 19th). We can perhaps expect some other such news in the coming weeks. Still really early though, a long way to go.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
450cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
380cm
Iwappara:
265cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
290cm
Kagura:
350cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
380cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
390cm (upper)
290cm (lower)
Naeba:
270cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
357cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
360cm (Kogen)
310cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
245cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 161cm reported on 11 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.