Yuzawa Now: Saturday 15th February 2014
- Feb 15, 2014
- 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 545cm
Posted on Saturday 15th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's snowing heavily this morning.
And we have a fair bit as well.
30cm on my car, 20-30cm being reported by Naeba, 30-40cm by Kagura and 30+cm being reported by Maiko Snow Resort. (They are the places that clearly state new cm each morning and so why they get the mention!). So you can get the idea. It is still snowing fairly heavily now though as the forecast told us yesterday - it's not that cold. Hovering around 0 degrees now and forecast to slowly rise through the day and overnight. Yesterday we were told to even expect the snow to turn into rain later today, though fingers crossed we can avoid that. We might have to get away with sleet / wet snow.
I also believe that the Kanetsu Expressway is closed from Tokyo up through to Tsukiyono at the moment. Also hearing that the Joetsu Shinkansen is undergoing checks early this morning due to the conditions. That will stop a lot of people who were planning on being here this weekend from coming and so I would expect the slopes around town to be quieter than normal.
Snowy and windy conditions expected through tomorrow.
Because of the wind, Kagura are only part open this morning - Mistumata up to the quad at Kagura, and Tashiro to the number 1 quad. Other skijo appear to be open as normal this morning though I might expect a few exposed lifts to be moving slower than usual and there's always the chance of changes.
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Official resort snow depths @ Saturday 15th February 2014, AM:
Some not updated for the day yet
Naeba:
230cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
270cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
320cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
223cm
Gala Yuzawa:
290cm
Iwappara:
215cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
290cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
185cm
Yuzawa Park:
175cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
255cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
230cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
200cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 545cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th and 13th January) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 297cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 112cm reported on 10 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.