Yuzawa Now: Friday 19th February 2021
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 42cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1054cm
Posted on Friday 19th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Last night at 8pm, 24cm of fresh snowfall was moved off the measuring point; this morning there's another 18cm on there. So that's 42cm since yesterday morning.
Here's what ski areas are reporting (sometimes with that kind of vague 'since last night' wording):
Kagura: 30cm
Iwappara: about 20cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
So it's probably safe to say that - at the very least - there's 20cm of fresh, and likely a fair bit more than that in ungroomed areas this morning.
Great news. Those snow walls that we all love along the side of the roads remain impressive. Long may it continue! :)
It's a fairly cold start, cloudy and grey. Light snow is still falling early morning but it is due to ease off soon. There might even be some sunshine before the end of the day.
We are due sunshine from the start of the weekend... along with those warming temperatures once again.
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If you plan to be here over the weekend:
Please do check the information noted below regarding ski area operations. Currently some ski areas are operating fewer lifts and courses on a weekday and more on weekends.
Specific plans are mentioned below.
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses open
Official snow depth:
360cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 340cm
Iwappara
The Number 2 pair lift only is open today
Official snow depth:
270cm
Joetsu Kokusai
3 lifts and 9 courses in the main Nagamine and Panorama areas open
Official snow depth:
310cm
Kagura
Kagura be open as normal this morning
Official snow depth:
Top: 330cm
Base: 280cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (D lift and 2 courses closed)
Official snow depth:
275cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All areas open - Dolphin & Champion courses closed to general public for competition
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 240cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from Course C open
Official snow depth:
295cm
Naeba
6 lifts (including Number 2 Gondola) and 14 courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 150cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Both base and Kogen areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 260cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
245cm
Yuzawa Park
Closed on weekdays this week
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas. Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
GALA Yuzawa:
All courses are scheduled to be open every day. On weekdays the Sociable lift will be closed for the time being.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
On weekdays, the Green Lift and Chuo triple lifts are closed for the time being.
Iwappara:
On weekdays, only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara is open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends.
Base to summit areas are open on weekends.
The central to top area will be open on Monday 22nd February.
Joetsu Kokusai:
On weekdays the main area in front of the hotel and (at least part of) Panorama area are open.
Osawa area plans to be open on 20th-21st February.
The Atema and Osawa areas are closed for the time being.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed with no confirmed re-opening date.
NASPA Ski Garden:
All lifts and courses are open on weekends. The Number 2 and 3 lifts are rested on weekdays (when all courses but C will be open). This change is planned until 7th March.
Yuzawa Park:
Closed on the following dates:
Friday 19th; Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th February
Monday 1st; Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th; Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th March
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 19th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1054cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 246cm reported on 11 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.