Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 18th February 2020
- Feb 18, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this seas 330cm
Posted on Tuesday 18th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
And good news this morning.
After some wet conditions later on in the day, it was snowing by evening and overnight we have a fresh layer on the ground. 19cm measured here (and just as an extra note, 24cm just to the north of Ishiuchi Maruyama).
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 30cm of snowfall on their upper area. Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 20cm. And the Kagura resort is reporting 15cm as of 7:30am.
So it sounds like there should be a decent amount across the mountains this morning. A very welcome refresh.
It is still snowing too, though only lightly at the moment. We can expect more cm to build up during the day with it forecast for the day and tonight.
Great to feel the colder temperatures as well after that period of warmer conditions. It's not crazy cold, more like just under zero for the moment, but Kagura are reporting a temperature of -10C on the mountain.
The snow doesn't look likely to continue beyond early tomorrow morning so we want to get as much as possible today. Come on!!
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GALA Yuzawa
- All lifts are operating
- All courses in Central and Northern Area are open
- In the Southern Area, the Batman and Eliza courses are open
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Official snow depth: 130cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Ginza course and above and the Hatsukaishi area open (14 courses)
- Official snow depth: 140cm (upper); 100cm (mid)
Iwappara
- All lifts (apart from Number 1 pair) and most of mid to upper area open
- Official snow depth: 105cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- All areas are now open, some courses unavailable
- Official snow depth: 140cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are open
- The downhill course will not be open this season
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 250cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- A, B and C lifts are operating; most courses open
- Official snow depth: 140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- All the main areas are now open; some course restrictions
- Official snow depth: 140cm (upper); 50cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 11 of 14 courses open; 3 of 4 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 180cm
Naeba
- 17 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 90cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All main courses apart from D are open; all lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- The top area via Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway is fully open
- The base Family lift and course is operating
- Downhill course is closed; the lower Nunoba Snowland is closed
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 150cm (Kogen); 30cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1, 3 and 7 lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 70cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 18th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 330cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 203cm reported on 10 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.