Yuzawa Now: Sunday 15th January 2017
- Jan 15, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 59cm
Snowfall at base this season 370cm
Posted on Sunday 15th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snow continuously falling throughout yesterday and more overnight. Very cold this morning too.
Since my last report I have recorded an additional 59cm of snow (22cm of that since yesterday evening when I cleared the measuring point). I double checked those just to be sure.
Here's what the resorts are reporting in terms of fresh snow overnight...
Kagura: 60cm
Kagura (Mitsumata area): 40cm
Kagura (Tashiro area): 60cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 30-40cm
I make that 197cm of snow being observed in town over the last 5 reports. How does that sound! Stylish. Talk about a lot of snow all at once! Check how the official snow depths have suddenly also gone from looking rather sad to rather impressive.
I knew there was a good reason why this is the original 'Snow Country'. :)
As I write this report (just before 8am) actually it is not snowing and there's even a break in the clouds and some blue sky too just to the north of Yuzawa. It's very likely only temporary though as snow is still forecast for all of today and actually all of tomorrow too.
Looks like wind is affecting operations at Kagura this morning with just the Mitsumata area open at the start of the day (may well change).
GALA Yuzawa appears to be open as normal as are other resorts.
Hope you can enjoy your Sunday wherever you are. If you are about to visit Yuzawa soon... congratulations on the timing!
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Official snow depth information as of Sunday 15th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 280cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 250cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 190cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 230cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 300cm
Mitsumata - 270cm
Tashiro - 250cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 195cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 270cm
Base - 150cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 250cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 150cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 230cm
Base - 150cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 130cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 370cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 224cm reported on 9 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.