Yuzawa Now: Friday 17th January 2025
- Jan 17, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 33cm
Snowfall at base this seas 564cm
Posted on Friday 17th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Some very interesting weather going on at the moment for sure.
Yesterday started off with that very nice thick layer of fresh snow, snow still falling and icicles, but in the afternoon we had clear blue skies and sunshine. Everywhere was looking stunning.
Temps hovered around zero, but it probably felt a bit warmer than that. By evening, you wouldn't have thought that we had recorded 40cm of fresh snowfall nine hours hours later.
And now this morning we have a lot more snow. Another 31cm of it, in fact! With 2cm from yesterday morning (post-report), that's another 33cm to add to this report. Maiko Snow Resort is this morning reporting 40cm of snowfall.
Over at Kagura, the Tashiro Area is closed for the day (and so too Dragondola), and the Kagura Area is 'on hold'. At the start of the day, only the Mitsumata Area is open. The Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway might also be delayed (or not open)... they are currently checking.
Other ski areas appear to be opening, though some lifts may be delayed as they deal with the snow.
After today there isn't much snowfall on the forecast for the week ahead and we may get a fair amount of clearer weather. Let's just hope temperatures don't rise too much.
Have fun. Take care.
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Ski area information for Friday 17th January 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All ski areas that plan to be open this season are now open.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
340cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is available
The Southern Area is now part open, but the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
280cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is available
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
190cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
270cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 320cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
265cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 310cm
Base: 180cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 390cm
Base: 180cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 260cm
Base: 200cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
275cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Top: 230cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating, though the Yuzawa Snow Link joint tickets are available
A free bus is available between the two until that opens
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
250cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
180cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 17th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 564cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 212cm reported on 14 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.