Yuzawa Now: Saturday 15th February 2025
- Feb 15, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this seas 920cm
Posted on Saturday 15th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The 1cm of snow in the report today is from yesterday evening, when it was snowing (actually raining in some places) for a short while. There is not much wind at all and it is rather mild (3.5C in town at 11am).
It has been a fine morning since early on. There was more cloud around then, but it has turned into a clear and sunny day with blue skies.
The mountains are looking amazing and there seem to be a lot of people around coming to enjoy the fine weather after all the recent snow.
The Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa has re-opened this morning, along with the Ropeway connection between GALA and Yuzawa Kogen. There should have been a lot of untouched snow over there this morning!
All other ski areas are open as planned.
Tomorrow will also be very mild and might also start off with clear skies but cloud over later in the day.
And then we should be back to colder conditions and the start of another few days of snowfall from sometime on Monday.
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Ski area information for Saturday 15th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All ski areas that plan to be open this season are now open.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
430cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is open.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
370cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
270cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
370cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 470cm
Base: 410cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
365cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 390cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 520cm
Base: 300cm
Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 260cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
330cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 450cm
Top: 330cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is open
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
390cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
255cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 920cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (5th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 282cm reported on 14 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.