Yuzawa Now: Friday 17th March 2017
- Mar 17, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 930cm
Posted on Friday 17th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday that light snow didn't amount to much though at times and in higher areas it did continue to come down from the sky lightly. No new cm to add to the report though from the day yesterday...
...but there's actually a bit of fresh snow on the ground this morning.
And I see that Kagura are reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5cm on their upper areas, so again - head high for the fresh!
This morning there's a fair bit of cloud over Yuzawa, but quite a lot of blue sky just to the north where the sun is out. Definitely feels like it might clear up today and the local forecast says that a high of around 4-5C is likely. (Must add that often they seem to "under-estimate" on that score).
Monday is a national holiday in Japan so tomorrow is the first day of a long weekend. Traditionally it's quite busy with quite a lot of folk going to ski 'one last time' before they start thinking about sakura and spring things.
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Official snow depth information as of Friday 17th March 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 370cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 230cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 175cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 240cm
Kagura
Official snow depth: Kagura - 380cm; Mitsumata - 330cm; Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 300cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth: Upper - 295cm; Base - 130cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 320cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 250cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 220cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth: Top - 250cm; Base - 150cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 180cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 150cm
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Planned 'Nighta' operations (floodlit night skiing)
** Subject to change due to snow and weather conditions
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Daily until 19th March 2017
Iwappara
Daily until 20th March 2017
Joetsu Kokusai
Daily until 20th March 2017
Kandatsu Kogen
'Hobo All Night' ('Almost All Night' from 6pm-4am) is on Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays until 1st April 2017. Spring nighta (6pm-10pm) on Saturdays and nighta before holidays from 7th April until 22nd April
Maiko Snow Resort
Daily until 19th March 2017
Naeba
Daily until 26th March 2017
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Planned season closing dates
** This information is subject to change due to snow and weather conditions. We will be checking and updating these dates as more information becomes available.
Sunday 26th March:
- Muikamachi Hakkai-san
Sunday 2nd April:
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Nakazato
- Yuzawa Park
Sunday 9th April:
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Maiko Snow Resort
- NASPA Ski Garden
Sunday 7th May:
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro)
- Kandatsu Kogen
- Naeba (daily until 2nd April; weekends only 3rd-28th April; daily from 29th April)
Sunday 28th May:
- Kagura area (via Mitsumata)
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 17th March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 930cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 267cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 8 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.