Yuzawa Now: Saturday 19th December 2015
- Dec 19, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 19cm
Posted on Saturday 19th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
2:30pm news update:
Maiko Snow Resort have announced that they will be opening from tomorrow. The Gondola and Okusoeji lifts will be operating (starting at 8:30am) with 6 of the upper Okusoeji area planned to be open. Lower courses are not open and so the Gondola is needed to get back down.
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Original morning report:
Good morning from Yuzawa where we have had some more snow overnight. Not a huge amount, but we'll very happily take it!
Kagura are reporting 10-15cm of snow, I am reporting 4-5cm of snow down here in town.
Light snow expected for the morning and maybe clearing to just cloud later on. Tomorrow the forecast is for clearer and sunny skies and slightly warmer. After today the next decent snow we can probably expect is just before Christmas.
Anyway let's get down to the details! There's a few resort areas opening for the first time this season from this morning and basically most of the other resorts are now 'on standby' to open as soon as there is enough snow.
Below is what we can confirm this morning and we'll do our best to keep this updated for you every morning.
Resort operations in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma (Saturday 19th December 2015, 9am)
Kagura
From today a large part of Kagura Mitsumata is now open with natural snow - basically most areas up to and including the main Kagura runs are skiable.
A decent part of Kagura Tashiro is also now open from this morning - up to the Tashiro Number 1 high speed lift.
Note that the connecting courses between the main Kagura area and the Tashiro areas are not yet open.
Naeba
Lower Number 4 and 5 courses are open with the help of artificial snow, and from today the upper Takenokodaira course opens (natural snow).
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is open from this morning - the Melody and Entertainment courses in the main Central Area are open.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Muimamachi Hakkaisan has also opened today - the Technical course and Rakuraku A courses open with just two pair lifts operating (one to get to the open area). The Gondola is not open yet.
On standby to open as soon as there is enough snow to open:
Ipponsugi
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Kagura (Tashiro)
Kandatsu Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Kogen
Planning to open on Thursday 24th December:
Chateau Shiozawa
Planning to open on Friday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Planning to open on Saturday 26th December:
Itsukamachi
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview
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Data as of Saturday 19th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 19cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 19cm reported on 2 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.