Yuzawa Now: Sunday 18th January 2015
- Jan 18, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 914cm
Posted on Sunday 18th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snowfall for the day yesterday along with some real blowy northerly winds as well, quite strong at times. I actually had a day in Nagaoka city yesterday so I don't know for sure but would imagine that the wind might have messed around with some lifts other than just those at Kagura.
It's not as windy this morning but snow is still falling. How much snow?
Well, yesterday evening there had been about 20cm during the daytime and this morning there's another 10-15cm so I'm calling 30-35cm of fresh snowfall since my report yesterday.
Kagura are reporting 40-50cm fresh snow this morning; Naeba report 20-50cm; Maiko Snow Resort report 30cm.
Unfortunately, wind is still affecting the Kagura resort with only from the Mitsumata Ropeway to the Kagura Gondola area open at the beginning of the day - they leave the chance of more of the areas opening if the winds ease off.
There might be a chance of that though as come this afternoon the snow is forecast to ease leaving us with just cloudy conditions (perhaps even a bit of sun, he says hopefully), and calmer conditions.
So there's another decent amount of fresh snow on the slopes of all the resorts to play in today. Should be a good one, especially if it clears up sooner than later.
The forecast for tomorrow is cloud and snow showers at times.
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Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report):
GALA Yuzawa:
380cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
350cm
Iwappara:
270cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
230cm
Kagura:
320cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
310cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
340cm (upper)
270cm (lower)
Naeba:
250cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
288cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
300cm (Kogen)
250cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
220cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 18th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 914cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 355cm 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.