Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 14th February 2017
- Feb 14, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 795cm
Posted on Tuesday 14th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow continued for lots of the day yesterday, though somehow it didn't build up to much in terms of new cm (or not as much as I thought it would). Anyway just under 10cm to report. Kagura are reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall and Maiko Snow Resort are also reporting 5-10cm.
This morning, perhaps surprisingly, it is calm and overcast. But at the same time quite sunny. The local forecast still shows snow for the day, so it will be interesting to see if it starts falling once again. For the moment, it doesn't feel like it will.
It feels relatively mind for the moment and today temperatures are likely to rise into low positive numbers.
Taking a look beyond tomorrow, I noticed that some warm conditions are forecast Thursday and Friday. Perhaps rising to around 8C. The good news there is that come later Friday temperatures should be dropping once again and there should be more fresh snow on the ground by Saturday morning.
It is great to see the official snow depth at GALA Yuzawa break through to over 4 metres. While day-by-day snow depths don't mean much really (it's fresh snow that counts when you're out skiing), they are important for a long season. The bigger the base the better if you want to be open until early May like GALA and Kagura.
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Official snow depth information as of Tuesday 14th February 2017
Some data not updated for today due to the early report.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 410cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 300cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 240cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 300cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 360cm
Mitsumata - 310cm
Tashiro - 330cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 330cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 330cm
Base - 180cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 380cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 300cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 295cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 330cm
Base - 240cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 240cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 215cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 14th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 795cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 179cm reported on 12 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.