Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 19th February 2025
- Feb 19, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 51cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1006cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snowfall is getting crazy once again. And it's still set to continue for at least another several days.
Last night (7pm) 29cm of snowfall - most coming later in the afternoon/evening - was cleared away, and there's another 22cm there this morning. So that's 51cm for the 24 hours.
Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 40-60cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday.
All of Kagura is closed today due to the weather conditions. (They are reporting 2m of snowfall at the Tashiro Ropeway station over the last few days!)
Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway and the top section of that ski area is also closed for the day and the Southern Area of GALA will be closed.
When will the snow stop?
Looking at all the available forecasts, it looks like it might be early next week before the snow stops and we get some clearer skies. Before then we will probably get further periods of heavy snow, with it perhaps easing off somewhat at other times.
Over 10m of observed snowfall now. That is almost double the snowfall we got the during the entire 2023-2024 season.
To think, back in January, longer term forecasts were (I'm pretty sure) saying that February would probably be warmer than usual with less snow than average.
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Ski area information for Wednesday 19th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
430cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
400cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
305cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
380cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 500cm
Base: 430cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
405cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 420cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Base: 260cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 260cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
380cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 430cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is open
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
425cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
265cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1006cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (5th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 368cm reported on 16 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.