Yuzawa Now: Saturday 19th March 2016
- Mar 19, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 419cm
Posted on Saturday 19th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa.
I heard a bit of rain falling on the roof late last night and it was drizzly earlier on but right now it's just cloudy - the rain clouds currently seem to be doing their thing just to the north of us, hopefully they may stay there! The forecast though does warm of rain on and off for the day
At 9am this morning it is 9 degrees but it's not forecast to warm up much more than that.
Tomorrow there's a still a chance of light rain at times according to the local forecast, though less than today. We might be lucky to avoid it completely. It will not be as warm as well with temperatures generally dipping from tomorrow.
Resorts are playing around with snow on lower areas to try and keep things going especially for this weekend - it's a 3-day weekend with Monday being a national holiday. I don't have any official news yet, but I would imagine after that we'll be hearing about some places closing next week.
Higher up there's still plenty of snow to play in and those resorts will be open for quite a while yet of course. It will be interesting to see how long they can last this season, for example Kagura plans to go right through until the end of May (and in a normal season usually is able to).
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Resort official snow depths (Saturday 19th March 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
There are now lots of patches of ground on view showing through now on some lower slopes around town. Some more than others. Some courses/areas at resorts are now closed due to the snow situation. If you are planning on visiting, I recommended that you check with the individual resorts for their up-to-date details. You can fine their websites from the links below.
Note that snow cover is not a problem higher up. There's still a lot of skiing and boarding left.
Resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
GALA Yuzawa
140cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
100cm
Iwappara
80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
100cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
100-125cm
Maiko Snow Resort
105cm (upper)
15cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
120cm
Naeba
120cm
NASPA Ski Garden
70cm
Yuzawa Kogen
110cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
65cm
Yuzawa Park
40cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 19th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 419cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 33cm reported on 4 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.