Yuzawa Now: Saturday 18th May 2019
- May 18, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 25, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1042cm
Posted on Saturday 18th May 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning greetings from Yuzawa.
Very warm day yesterday and as expected it is sunny and fine this morning too, but it is kind of windy. As of 7:45am there is no word from Kagura on any changes to planned lift operations which are outlined below; hopefully the wind won't affect anything. Perhaps it will get more cloudy at times during the day if the forecast is right.
More of the same is forecast for tomorrow. Hope you have a good weekend.
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Updated: Saturday 18th May 2019
Kagura
Planned operating lifts at Kagura:
- Mitsumata Ropeway [7:30am until 5:00pm - last one up at 3:00pm]
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad lift [7:30am until 3:15pm]
- Mitsumata Number 3 romance pair lift [8:30am until 4:30pm]
- Kagura Gondola [7:45am until 4:00pm - last one up at 3:30pm]
- Kagura Number 1 quad lift [8:00am until 3:45pm]
- Kagura Number 4 romance lift [9:00am until 3:30pm]
- Kagura Number 1 romance lift [9:00am until 3:45pm]
Planned open courses at Kagura:
- Gondola course
- Kagura main course
- Technical course
- Giant course
- Parallel
- Family course (* connecting course)
Information:
- The main Kagura area remains open via Mitsumata Ropeway
- The Mitsumata 'Family' course is now just used as a connection
- The Tashiro Area is closed
- Kagura plans to be open until Sunday 26th May
Official snow depth (as reported by the resort):
- Kagura 140cm
- Mitsumata 40cm (though 0cm outside the narrow connecting course)
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All other ski resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region are now closed for the season.
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 18th May 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1042cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 523cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 190cm reported on 14 days March 2019 snowfall 50cm reported on 6 days April 2019 snowfall 24cm reported on 4 days May 2019 snowfall 0cm |
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.