Yuzawa Now: Friday 18th February 2022
- Feb 18, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1095cm
Posted on Friday 18th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we had a period when there was quite a lot of blue sky and sunshine; light snow at other times. It was rather mixed weather. Apparently areas to the north of our region got unexpected amounts of snowfall. So the forecast was off there, and it feels like the overnight was off a bit too. We were expecting quite a lot of snow and while Kagura is actually reporting 40cm, down in town there has been less than expected. This morning Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 10-20cm and Ishiuchi Maruyama earlier on was reporting 10cm.
It is snowing now so hopefully we will get some more today. Heavier snow once again is there on the forecast for Sunday onwards for the first half of the coming week. Hopefully that forecast will turn out to be spot on!
There's some windy conditions messing around with ski area operations this morning:
Kagura: The Tashiro Area is closed for the day and Kagura is open up to the gondola at the start of the day.
Naeba: The Number 2 gondola and top areas closed at the start of the day.
Yuzawa Kogen: The top area is closed.
GALA Yuzawa and other ski areas appear to be opening as planned.
The forecast for Saturday, as it currently now, is for generally cloudy skies and mild temperatures.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth:
400cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
10cm since last night
Official snow depth:
340cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth:
290cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
300cm
Kagura
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
40cm since yesterday
Official snow depth:
Top: 380cm
Base: 300cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
355cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
10-20cm (since last night)
Official snow depth:
345cm (top)
230cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
370cm (top)
260cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth:
290cm (top)
240cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
320cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
360cm (top)
240cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
320cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
250cm
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 18th February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1095cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 101cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 481cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 293cm 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.