Yuzawa Now: Monday 16th January 2017
- Jan 16, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 36cm
Snowfall at base this season 406cm
Posted on Monday 16th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and the snowy conditions have continued.
Yesterday was a day of at times quickly changing weather conditions - at base areas anyway. We even had a brief spell of blue skies and sunshine in the morning, but it soon got back to snowing. During the day and at town level it wasn't always coming down as hard as it was on Saturday but we still got around 15cm of snowfall at town levels by evening. There was another period of clearer skies in the evening as well, before the snow clouds came back once again.
Here's the new snowfall data reported this morning:
Kagura (all areas): 40cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 15-30cm
Note: Kagura say that their number is 'until this morning'. Maiko Snow Resort say that their number is 'since yesterday evening'. Remember, it's not a science!
Since the report yesterday, we have measured the following amount of fresh snow on the ground
Minamiuonuma measuring point (near Ishiuchi): 35cm
Yuzawa measuring point: 36cm
...with about 20cm of that since yesterday evening.
So it's another thick layer of snow everywhere.
This morning, when I started putting this report together it was just cloudy but snow has started falling once again and indeed it is forecast for the whole day - and tomorrow.
Forecasts seem to disagree about what to expect on Wednesday and Thursday with some talking of sunshine, others of snow clouds to remain. So we'll have to just wait and see on that score.
Whatever, conditions should be fantastic everywhere this coming week with more than enough snow.
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233cm of snowfall observed at town level over the last 6 reports. How's that then? :)
I said things could change dramatically in a matter of days didn't I? It's amazing how much things look different from this time last week.
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Unfortunately it looks like wind conditions are affecting Kagura this morning. Just the Mitsumata Ropeway will open and Kagura up to the Number 1 pair lift. The quad lift may get moving depending on conditions.
The South Area of GALA Yuzawa is closed today due to avalanche danger with all the fresh snow over the last run of days.
Other resorts in Yuzawa and region appear to be opening as planned.
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Official snow depth information as of Monday 16th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 290cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 250cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 195cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 250cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 300cm
Mitsumata - 270cm
Tashiro - 250cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 245cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 280cm
Base - 170cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 250cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 200cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 230cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 250cm
Base - 180cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 150cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 16th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 406cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 260cm reported on 10 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.