Yuzawa Now: Sunday 19th December 2021
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this seas 65cm
Posted on Sunday 19th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow continued through into night time yesterday but eased off overnight. Another 12cm since the report yesterday from down in town. Kagura are reporting 20cm.
It's a lovely early morning. Some cloud around still, but the sun is out and some blue sky. Everywhere looks beautiful with the fresh snow we have got.
And importantly, ski areas are starting to open up from today. There are now 10 ski areas open in Yuzawa and Mimamiuonuma (if you count Kagura as two!)
Most are 'part open' and we'll bring you more details tomorrow as they become clearer. Kagura, both from Mitsumata and Tashiro bases, is largely open. They officially are saying that 23 of their 32 courses are available this morning.
It looks like the small Nakazato Snow Wood ski area has decided to delay opening until Friday 24th December.
Not a bad start, but we need consistent snowfall to keep this going and give us a good last week of the year. There is snow on the forecast - for later today, too. It doesn't look relentless like the middle of December last year, but hopefully we'll be happy.
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Below are the planned opening dates of ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. All are, of course, subject to change.
Now part open
- GALA Yuzawa
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Kagura (via Mitsumata)
- Kagura (via Tashiro)
- Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Maiko Snow Resort
- Naeba
- Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Nakazato
Friday 24th December 2021
- Muica Snow Resort
- Nakazato Snow Wood
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Park
Saturday 25th December 2021
- Chateau Shiozawa
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ipponsugi
- Iwappara
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Late December
- Mt Granview
Confirmed as not opening for the 2021-2022 season
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Itsukamachi
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Sunday 19th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 65cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 55cm reported on 6 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.