Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 18th January 2022
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 50cm
Snowfall at base this seas 664cm
Posted on Tuesday 18th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Well, yesterday during the day it was snowing but it didn't really amount to much at all in terms of new cm. The forecast was for heavy snow overnight and I think some of us were wondering if we might miss out on the big snow. But we haven't. Just measured 50cm of new snowfall where there was none yesterday evening. It's always great to wake up and see that!
Kagura are reporting 60cm of new snow. Maiko is reporting 30-50cm, Ishiuchi Maruyama is reporting 30cm.
And it is snowing quite heavily right at the moment so there is going to be more to report tomorrow. It's cold too this morning and quite windy.
The Ropeway at Yuzawa Kogen is going to be closed today due to the windy conditions, though the town level area is open. Kagura and GALA are going to be open.
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OK, so there are more details coming from Tashiro (Kagura). 13 staff had tested as positive for covid19 by Saturday, so that's the reason why they are closed at the moment. Officially they are closed 'for the time being', meaning there's no indication of when they might re-open. We will, of course, let you know when there is any news.
The Mitsumata and Kagura areas of Kagura are open, all accessed of course from the Mitsumata Ropeway.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth:
280cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
30cm
Official snow depth:
260cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth:
225cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
250cm
Kagura
The Tashiro Area is currently closed due to staffing issues
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
60cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 220cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
235cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
30-50cm
Official snow depth:
300cm (top)
200cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
320cm (top)
230cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth:
210cm (top)
180cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
260cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
260cm (top)
180cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth:
225cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
240cm
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Tuesday 18th January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 664cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (28th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 343cm reported on 15 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.