Yuzawa Now: Saturday 19th January 2019
- Jan 19, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this season 522cm
Posted on Saturday 19th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We ended up getting some really good snowfall during the day in Yuzawa yesterday, coming down hard at times.
This morning both Kagura and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 30cm of fresh. I have just measured 34cm so that is what goes on the report.
Changeable conditions early this morning with some fast moving cloud, light snow falling in places and blue sky and sunshine in others. It will be interesting to see if we can get clearer skies for the day, but it may just end up with cloud and light snow. Temperatures are forecast to be on the milder side today and tomorrow. There is even some chance of rain later tomorrow - but that is before it gets colder again and more snow is due to move in.
The one thing that is more certain is that it should be very nice snow conditions on the mountains this morning.
Less wind and resorts should be opening as normal. The only thing to note at the moment is that GALA Yuzawa has not been decided on opening for the Southern Area for today - due to the heavy snowfall they are currently in the process of making the decision: delay or not open...
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 260m (official snow depth)
Iwappara
- 195cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura area: 300cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 250cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 280cm (official snow depth)
- Not updated for a few days
Kandatsu Kogen
- 220cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 180cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 260cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 150cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Park
- 185cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 160cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 250cm (official snow depth)
Joetsu Kokusai
- 230cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 275cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 140cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 240cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 19th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 522cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (29th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 267cm reported on 14 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.