Yuzawa Now: Monday 16th May 2022
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1338cm
Posted on Monday 16th May 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We are now into the last week at Kagura and some changes from this morning.
The Mitsumata Area is now closed so at the end of the day you need to get the Mitsumata quad back down to the top of the Mitsumata Ropeway as well as do some walking. Here's how it works:
- From the base of the Kagura Gondola take the Mitsumata Number 2 pair lift as normal
- From the top of that lift, walk over to the top of the Mitsumata quad lift (about 170m)
- Take the Mitsumata quad lift down
- Walk over to the top station of the Mitsumata Ropeway (about 230m)
- Get the Mitsumata Ropeway back down to base
(The ski area can help with their 'carry service' where they take your gear from the Kagura gondola over to the Mitsumata area).
Hope that explains it clearly enough!
As for the weather, this morning it is cloudy. Hopefully we will get some decent weather this week, and warmer too... it's not particularly warm at the moment!
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Kagura is part open with access is via the Mitsumata Ropeway.
On the way back from Kagura to Mitsumata you need to take a lift and do some walking as the Mitsumata slope is now closed.
Mitsumata Ropeway opens at 8:00am on weekdays and at 7:30am on weekends and holidays, and closes at 4:30pm.
Kagura plans to be open for skiing until Sunday 22nd May.
The Tashiro Ropeway and Tashiro Area are now closed for the season.
Ski lifts operating (planned):
Mitsumata Ropeway (8:00am-4:30pm, last one up at 2:30pm)
Mitsumata Number 1 quad (8:00am-2:45pm)
Mitsumata Number 2 pair (8:15am-4:00pm)
Kagura Gondola (8:15pm-3:45pm, last one up at 3:00pm)
Kagura Number 1 quad (8:30am-3:30pm)
Ski courses open (planned):
Giant course
Technical course
Kagura main course
Kagura main course bypass
Kagura connecting course (restrictions)
Gondola course
Official snow depth:
Top: 150cm
Base: 30cm
The Dragondola lift between Naeba and Tashiro is open (for sightseeing only) until 29th May.
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The 2021-2022 season has ended for ski areas in the region that are not in the above list.
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Monday 16th May 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1338cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 101cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 481cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 496cm reported on 21 days March 2022 snowfall 40cm reported on 4 days April 2022 snowfall 0cm May 2022 snowfall 0cm |
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.