Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 15th January 2025
- Jan 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 490cm
Posted on Wednesday 15th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We got some lovely blue skies and sunshine again yesterday morning, with cloud starting to take over the skies in the afternoon and then some snow falling at higher elevations.
It was another day of mild daytime temperatures, up to around +5C in town at lunchtime. A few comments on the snowfall/mild/weather conditions in an upcoming report.
We got a bit wetter down in town late night but this morning it is snowing. Not much more than a dusting really up until now but hopefully we will be getting snowed on throughout the day.
This morning both Maiko Snow Resort and Kagura report 10cm of snowfall on their upper slopes. Head high for the fresh!
Looks like there might be a chance of some more sun tomorrow, but back to snow tomorrow night and into Friday.
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Ski area information for Wednesday 15th January 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 information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
300cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is available
The Southern Area is now part open, but the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
230cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is available
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):
150cm
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):
250cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 310cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
240cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 150cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 370cm
Base: 170cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 260cm
Base: 200cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
220cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 250cm
Top: 200cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
200cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
150cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 15th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 490cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 138cm reported on 12 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.