Yuzawa Now: Monday 15th January 2018
- Jan 15, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 445cm
Posted on Monday 15th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Very early report this morning!
The clouds generally remained over Yuzawa for most of the day yesterday – perhaps longer than we thought would be the case - with some very light snow falling at times, even into the afternoon. (The 1cm of fresh in the report is from early on after my report when it was still snowing). If was far from the kind of snow where new cm would have built up though; certainly not down in town areas. By late afternoon though the sun was out and it was mostly clear skies.
Early this morning there are some clouds around but it is forecast to be a very fine day so if the forecasts are right those clouds should be clearing up.
This week there looks like a chance of rain around Wednesday, and maybe even at higher elevations too as the freezing point rises to 2000m and we have a bit of a mild spell. As always, we of course hope that any rain is short-lived and we can get back to winter and snowfall once again. Let’s keep an eye on that forecast.
It’s a regular Monday morning so ski resorts will generally be quite after a pretty busy weekend.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 230cm
Iwappara
- 165cm
Kagura
- Kagura area: 320cm
- Mitsumata area: 220cm
- Tashiro area: 270cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 200cm
Naeba
- 210cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 165cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 170cm
Yuzawa Park
- 140cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 150cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 190cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 190cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 210cm
- Base: 120cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays between 10th January and 14th March (!)
- 240cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 15th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 445cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 154cm 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.