Yuzawa Now: Thursday 15th November 2012
- Nov 15, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 1cm
Weather overview Mostly cloudy, light snow
Wind
Light
Temperature 2C base / 0C top
Visibility
-
Posted at 10:20am on Thursday 15th November 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snow in Yuzawa. Yes, this morning we have some snow down to town level in Yuzawa. Not a huge amount and you can still see the ground so a patchy thin layer but it has been snowing overnight and still some wet snow coming down this morning. Just to the north in Minamiuonuma it is raining and the forecast for Yuzawa is rain for the day as well and so the snow that we see now may well be washed away by the end of the day. But it's always good to be able to report that first snow of the season.
Higher up on the mountains of course they have been getting more snow and it looks like there's 15cm or so up at Kagura. The snow blowers are busy making snow as well to help it all along. More rain over the weekend though hopefully it will be snow on the slopes up there.
Kagura is the first resort in the region planning to open of course on the 23rd.
Opening, lift & other notes
All ski resorts in Yuzawa are now closed. Hopefully the first lifts will be open again late November 2012.
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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.