Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 18th February 2014
- Feb 18, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 602cm
Posted on Tuesday 18th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It hasn't stopped snowing much at all recently, though the snowfall is less intense than it was on Saturday in particular. This has definitely been the strongest showing for snow - and continued snow - this season though and it has been piling up.
This morning Kagura report 10-20cm and Maiko are reporting 30cm. They are the new snow numbers coming in so far from resorts, and there's 20cm or so where I am. So there's another decent refresh on the slopes out there. As mentioned before with the transport issues, resorts have generally been less busy than you'd expect them to be, so there's lots of untouched snow out there right now.
Still quite strong winds and Tashiro is once again closed today. Mitsumata Ropeway to Kagura Number 1 romance lift is what is open at Kagura this morning. GALA Yuzawa still has the Central and North areas open, but the South Area remains closed. From what I can tell early on other resorts are opening as planned.
It is about -3 degrees now at 8:30am.
Mixed forecasts for tomorrow. Snow easing off to just cloud; or the potential for a sunny day?
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Official resort snow depths @ Tuesday 18th February 2014, AM:
Naeba:
280cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
280cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
330cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
305cm
Gala Yuzawa:
360cm
Iwappara:
260cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
330cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
250cm
Yuzawa Park:
260cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
360cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
300cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
250cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Tuesday 18th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 602cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th and 13th January) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 297cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 169cm 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.