Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 14th February 2018
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 737cm
Posted on Wednesday 14th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
It's a beautiful morning here with clear skies over Yuzawa and the sun is out.
Some snow was falling yesterday and at times it was coming down fairly nicely, but in the end it didn't really end up giving us much in terms of fresh cm.
Here's what the resorts are reporting this morning:
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 5cm
Kagura: 1cm
10cm or so outside SJ HQ in Minamiuonuma, but less than that to measure in Yuzawa which is what is going on the report of course.
So sunny blue skies this morning and it should be a fine day. It's quite chilly for the start of the day but due to warm up to perhaps around +6C in town later on (back to colder conditions tomorrow).
I was outside just before and it felt a little windy. But it looks like all ski resorts should be open as planned this morning.
No excuse not to get out there this morning. Some ski resorts are even giving away chocolate for Valentines Day!
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I had to go over to Tokamachi yesterday (to the north of Yuzawa and about 45 minutes by car) and there was a lot of snow falling there; it was really coming down hard. I called my friend who lives over there last night and they told me that there was probably 40-50cm of fresh snow on the top of their car from yesterday. Another example of how the snow clouds have been tracking just to the north of us more than a few times this season. (It's worth pointing out that Tokamachi always traditionally gets heavy snow, but oftentimes we get it at pretty much the same time). Please don't misunderstand - we have still got a lot of snow... just pointing out a pattern that has been happening a few times this season and that if those clouds made their way down here every time, we'd have a serious amount this season!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published.
GALA Yuzawa
- 310cm
- Part of the Jiji course in the Central area will be restricted this morning
- That is due to a competition being held there
Iwappara
- 195cm
Kagura
- Kagura area: 350cm
- Mitsumata area: 250cm
- Tashiro area: 300cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 250cm
Naeba
- 240cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 225cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 230cm
Yuzawa Park
- 180cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 165cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 240cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 250cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 240cm
- Base: 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March
- 340cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 14th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 737cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 54cm reported on 7 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.