Yuzawa Now: Friday 19th April 2019
- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min read
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 Friday 19th April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's Friday! Yesterday was very warm in the sunshine. I sat out in the sun for 30 minutes early afternoon - very pleasant. If only summer could keep to those sort of temperatures (early 20s)! A fair bit of remaining snow will have been melting away in that...
This morning there is a lot of cloud around. It looks like there was some rain overnight but it is not raining at the moment and the chance of any light rain this morning should be gone come this afternoon.
It's definitely cooler as well and it will probably struggle to get much over 10C today.
Sunshine is forecast over the weekend with warmer temps (though not as warm as yesterday, more like mid-teens).
Just three more days left at Kandatsu Kogen and then we'll be left with just GALA Yuzawa and Kagura remaining open from Monday.
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Updated: Friday 19th April 2019
GALA Yuzawa
- Official snow depth: 200cm
- All courses in the Central Area remain open
- Broadway, Swan, Super Swan and Super Broadway in the Northern Area remain open
- The Gondola, Barouche quad, Phaeton pair, Coach pair and Victoria quad lifts are operating
- The downhill Falcon course is closed for the season - take the Gondola back down to base
- GALA Yuzawa plans to be open until Monday 6th May
Kagura
- Official snow depth: 250cm (Kagura); 220cm (Tashiro); 190cm (Mitsumata)
- Kagura remains almost fully open
- Tashiro Ropeway plans to be open until Monday 6th May
- Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway plans to be open until Sunday 26th May
Kandatsu Kogen
- Official snow depth: 130cm
- Kandatsu now about 70% of course areas open (according to the resort)
- The Tozawa pair, Onaka quad and Ikenodaira quad lifts are operating
- Kandatsu Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 21st April
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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 Friday 19th April 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 |
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.