Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 18th January 2017
- Jan 18, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 438cm
Posted on Wednesday 18th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Once again, snow continued falling through pretty much all of the day yesterday, though for the most part it wasn’t as full on as the snowfall over the weekend and so much smaller numbers. We have measured another 8cm of fresh snow on the ground (6cm of that before evening; 2cm overnight).
Kagura resort are reporting 10cm across mountain.
This morning we are starting the day with a mix of blue sky and cloud (like less cloud with time) and it looks and feels like it should be a very fine and sunny day. Actually it may be getting a little warmer than we would like - up to around 4C forecast in town later on. Let's hope that doesn't rise too much.
But people who are lucky enough to be around today should be in for a real treat. Hope you can get to enjoy it.
After a few days of what looks set to be mixed weather conditions (cloud, sun, light snow tonight perhaps), moderate to heavy snow is on the forecast for Friday-Saturday and then more come Monday. Just the kind of thing that most of us probably want.
The winter storm of the last week has really kicked things into shape well and good and this month looks like it is going to continue to deliver.
Music to my ears!
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I was meaning to mention this before, but a mail sent in asking about it reminded me.
One early morning in late October, the ‘Ishiuchi Drive-In’ yaki-niku restaurant by the side of Route 17 in Ishiuchi (just to the north of Yuzawa) was sadly burnt to the ground. It was popular with locals and visitors alike. More than a few ‘SnowJapan meetings’ have been held in there over the years and in fact your reporter was enjoying some yaki-niku there the day before the fire. Unconfirmed, but we are hearing that there are no plans to re-build it – at least by the people who owned it.
It will be missed! (Update some time later: it has been rebuilt and re-opened).
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Official snow depth information as of Wednesday 18th January 2017
Some resorts have not yet updated their numbers as this report was posted and so unchanged.
GALA Yuzawa
Note: South Area currently closed due to avalanche danger. The Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 290cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 250cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 195cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 260cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 310cm
Mitsumata - 280cm
Tashiro - 260cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 240cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 270cm
Base - 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 270cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 200cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 240cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 250cm
Base - 180cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 18th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 438cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 292cm reported on 12 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.