Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 14th May 2025
- May 14, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 8 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1243cm
Posted on Wednesday 14th May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
We enjoyed sunshine and warmth yesterday. It was feeling borderline hot in the afternoon.
Today starts with bright but overcast skies and we expect some sun later.
Forecasts currently show the chance of some light rain at times over the weekend.
Some seem to be wondering if Kagura might be tempted to extend the season beyond Sunday. There might well be enough snow up there, but it seems extremely unlikely. (A 'final day' event - free pork soup and a raffle! - is planned at the Mitsumata Ropeway base station from 2pm on Sunday).
Unless there is any major changes to operations or news from Kagura, we'll post again on Friday and then a last report to end the season on Sunday.
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Kagura
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
220cm (top)
210cm (base)
Lifts operating (scheduled):
Mitsumata Ropeway
Mitsumata Number 1 quad
Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift
Kagura gondola
Kagura Number 1 quad
Number 1 romance pair (weekend only)
Courses open (scheduled):
Kagura main course
Kagura main course bypass
Technical course
Giant course
Kagura connecting course
Panorama course
Gondola course
Family course (Mitsumata Area)
Gondola Line course (Mitsumata Area)
Mitsumata Ropeway is open from 8:00am until 4:30pm (last one going up at 3:00pm)
The Tashiro Ropeway / Tashiro Area is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 18th May 2025
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Data as of Wednesday 14th May 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 13 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm May 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.