Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 17th December 2013
- Dec 17, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 76cm
Posted on Tuesday 17th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
An early report this morning and we can actually see a bit of the mountains this morning after those few days of cloud, snowfall and poor visibility. No new cm of snow overnight though there was probably another 5cm during the daytime yesterday. Wet snow, and the wind was quite strong.
This morning it is just cloudy as I write this, with cloud and sometimes light snow forecast this morning and just cloudy this afternoon. Having said that, even in the 15 minutes since I started writing this, it feels like it's clearing up a bit. The clouds are nowhere near as thick as the last few days. There's only a light wind as well this morning. The local forecast for tomorow is just cloud but it feels like it might end up being clearer.
Kagura is back open as planned after a few wind affected days and reporting 10cm of fresh snow since yesterday. With some lifts not moving during the snow storm, there should be some fine untouched conditions there this morning.
In other resort news, all of the Okusoeji bowl area of the Maiko Snow Resort is now open.
Looks like there will be more snow before the weekend, and so I would expect (and hope) that for the weekend places will be close to fully open.
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Currently at least part open:
Joetsu Kokusai
Kagura
Nakazato Snow Wood
Maiko Snow Resort
Naeba
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Kagura is currently the only resort area that is almost fully open.
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Planned resort opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
December 20th:
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Yuzawa Park
Ishiuchi Maruyama
December 21st:
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Yuzawa Kogen (Nunoba area)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
December 28th:
Mt Granview
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Data as of Tuesday 17th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 76cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 71cm reported on 7 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.