Yuzawa Now: Saturday 17th January 2015
- Jan 17, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 884cm
Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We enjoyed a bit of sunshine and blue skies in the afternoon yesterday once the clouds cleared up a bit, though there was still a lot of cloud around.
It started snowing as far as I can tell somewhere around 4am - when the sprinklers kicked into action - and now there's 5cm of snow on the top of my car, and it's snowing now with a moderate northerly wind blowing it down fast.
Unfortunately the wind situation is messing with the start of the weekend at Kagura with the Tashiro area closed and it only being open from the Mitsumata Ropeway up to the Kagura Number 1 Romance lift. They are hoping to maybe get the quad going depending on conditions, but have made the closed-for-the-day decision for the other areas I mentioned.
A look round it looks like other resorts are open as normal.
So yes, 5cm that I can see; Kagura reporting 10cm; Naeba reporting 5-10cm; Maiko Snow Resort reporting 10cm - so you can get an idea.
Snow is expected through the day today and probably into tomorrow as well, with the snow perhaps easing off during the day tomorrow. If you're doing the Naeba all night thing tonight, prepare to be snowed upon!
Hopefully there'll be a whole big chunk more to report tomorrow.
Must be difficult being a ski resort - you want regular fresh snow, but please do the business overnight and not on a peak season weekend!
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Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report):
GALA Yuzawa:
380cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
320cm
Iwappara:
240cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
230cm
Kagura:
300cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
290cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
315cm (upper)
230cm (lower)
Naeba:
250cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
288cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
290cm (Kogen)
240cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
215cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 884cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 325cm reported on 13 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.