Yuzawa Now: Friday 16th May 2025
- May 16, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: 7 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1243cm
Posted on Friday 16th May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
6:00pm update:
Unfortunately, there's some disappointing news to report.
Kagura ski area will be completely closed tomorrow (Saturday 17th May), due to forecast strong winds during the day.
Hopefully, wind will not be an issue on Sunday and the ski area will be able to open for one last day of the season.
Original morning report:
Good morning from Yuzawa.
It is a bright morning with a kind of overcast feel, with thin cloud early on.
There seems to be a chance of some light rain from time to time across the weekend. Let's hope we get lucky and it holds off.
It is impressive how good the snow cover still is at Kagura (check out the image below). I can't remember the ski area closing in mid-May with so much snow left. The ski area could clearly continue beyond Sunday, but there have been no hints that they will. Sunday is scheduled to be the last day of the season.
If you fancy some traditional pork soup and taking part in a raffle, be sure to be at the Mitsumata Ropeway base around 2pm on Sunday. While stocks last!
One last update to end the season due on Sunday.
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Kagura
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
180cm (top)
80cm (base)
Lifts operating (scheduled):
Mitsumata Ropeway
Mitsumata Number 1 quad
Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift
Kagura gondola
Kagura Number 1 quad
Number 1 romance pair (weekend only --- though not 100% confirmed for this last weekend)
Courses open (scheduled):
Kagura main course
Kagura main course bypass
Technical course
Giant course
Kagura connecting course
Panorama course
Gondola course
Family course (Mitsumata Area)
Gondola Line course (Mitsumata Area)
Mitsumata Ropeway is open from 8:00am until 4:30pm (last one going up at 3:00pm)
The Tashiro Ropeway / Tashiro Area is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 18th May 2025
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Data as of Friday 16th May 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 13 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm May 2025 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.