Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 19th January 2016
- Jan 19, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 134cm
Posted on Tuesday 19th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
I was totally not expecting this.
Woke up this morning and looked out of the window to see.... clear blue skies.
Yes, it is a stunning beautiful morning here in Yuzawa and to the north in Minamiuonuma. Once again, the clouds seem to be missing our valley and tracking to the north of us.
Seemingly laughably as I look at the skies now, snow is still forecast for the whole day today here (!) with it getting really heavy overnight tonight and into tomorrow.
Yesterday we actually did get snowfall for lots of the day and at times it was snowing quite heavily as well. There was about 4cm of fresh snow on the ground through the day and so I would expect there will have been a better layer the higher you go, though I do not have any numbers this morning from the resorts.
With the snow from yesterday and the lovely early morning weather it should actually be a really good morning out on the slopes higher up.
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Resort official snow depths (Monday 18th January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open.
Generally some steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed and some lower slopes are patchy, to varying degrees.
Not updated today due to early report.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
120cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
80cm
Iwappara
40cm
Joetsu Kokusai
80cm
Kagura
90cm (Mitsumata)
120cm (Tashiro)
150cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
90-110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
90cm (upper)
20cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
80cm
Naeba
70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
60cm
Yuzawa Kogen
90cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
60cm
Yuzawa Park
40cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 19th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 134cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 42cm reported on 10 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.