Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 19th January 2021
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this seas 715cm
Posted on Tuesday 19th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
The mountains looked spectacular yesterday morning. We enjoyed clear blue skies and sunshine for the morning. Beautiful.
Around lunchtime some clouds started to form and it was more of a generally cloudy picture before the end of the day.
Overnight have had fresh snow and here is what is being reported by ski areas:
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
Iwappara: 15-25cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm
Just measured 19cm, so that is what goes on the report this morning.
It is snowing still and it is windy... not crazy wind just now down in town, but enough to affect some lift operations and also visibility. In extreme contrast to yesterday morning, this morning it's hard to see much at all.
The current conditions mean that the GALA Yuzawa resort is closed for the day today due. The upper areas of Yuzawa Kogen and Maiko Snow Resort are also closed, and there may well be some other lift disruption this morning.
Things should be calmer by tomorrow and we're expecting more sun.
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GALA Yuzawa
Closed today due to weather conditions
Official snow depth:
290cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
The top link with GALA Yuzawa is now open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 260cm
Base: 180cm
Iwappara
Mid to summit areas open
Official snow depth:
235cm
Joetsu Kokusai
7 courses open in the main Nagamine area
Official snow depth:
260cm
Kagura
Currently closed
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Open as normal
Official snow depth:
215cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Upper Okusoeji area closed today due to weather conditions
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 200cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from C Course open
Official snow depth:
210cm
Naeba
Currently closed
Yuzawa Kogen
Top area and Ropeway closed today due to weather conditions
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2 and 3 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
295cm
Yuzawa Park
Currently closed on weekdays
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Various changes to operations at various ski areas at the moment:
GALA Yuzawa:
The Sociable lift will be closed on weekdays for the time being, with slightly earlier closing times. These lift changes will not affect the ski runs that are open.
Kagura:
The Tashiro Area is closed 16th-17th January; all areas of Kagura will be closed from Monday 18th January until early February (no confirmed re-opening date)
Joetsu Kokusai:
The Atema and Osawa areas are currently closed for the time being (no confirmed re-opening date).
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed and will closed be until early February (no confirmed re-opening date).
Naeba:
Closed from Monday 18th January until early February (no confirmed re-opening date).
NASPA Ski Garden:
The Number 3 lift will be rested on weekends but all courses will remain available. The Number 2 and 3 lifts will be rested on weekdays, when the C course will be closed (all other courses open). This change is planned until 7th February.
Yuzawa Park:
Yuzawa Park will be closed Mondays through Thursdays until 19th February (though it will be open on Monday 25th January).
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Tuesday 19th January 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 715cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 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 262cm 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.