Yuzawa Now: Friday 19th March 2021
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 26, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1109cm
Posted on Friday 19th March 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Lots of sunshine yesterday and we are forecast more sun today. Early on there is a lot of cloud around again. A mix of grey cloud, white cloud and some sunshine at 8:30am. It will very probably be clearing up during the morning again. High temp of around 8C in town this afternoon.
Tomorrow is currently forecast to start off fine and be a mix of cloud and clearer weather during the day, maybe more cloud than today. Sunday is still forecast to bring us... rain. (Not much of that please).
Ski areas opening as planned this morning.
Yuzawa Park is open today. And there's just three days left in the season for Muikamachi Hakkaisan.
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The official 'state of emergency' that Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa have been under since January is going to be lifted at the end of Sunday (21st March).
It was never a lockdown, as such, and in recent weeks you might be forgiven for thinking that it had already been called off with more people out and about. Lots of cars from those regions have been spotted at ski areas here.
This lifting is a little late to make much of a difference for the ski areas that are closing in the next week or so, but for the ones open into April and beyond it will be interesting to see if and how this will change anything.
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Individual ski area information: Friday 19th March 2021
Information on a selection of the larger ski areas in the region, listed in alphabetical order.
All information is checked with official sources and updated manually every day. Subject to change.
Specific news for today in blue.
GALA Yuzawa
All courses available apart from Roman Holiday
All lifts operating apart from Sociable, Buggy and Tilbury
The Landau Ropeway that connects GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is now closed for the season
GALA Yuzawa plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
270cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All lifts are open on weekends
The Chuo triple lift and Green lift are rested on weekdays
The lift and course connection with GALA Yuzawa is now closed for the season
Ishiuchi Maruyama plans to be open until Sunday 4th April
Official snow depth:
Mid: 180cm
Iwappara
** The Number 2 and 3 pair lifts both open today
The base to summit areas and most courses are open on weekends
The central area Number 2 lift is open on weekdays
Night skiing is on Saturdays (until 8pm) and Sundays (until 7pm)
Iwappara plans to be open until Sunday 28th March
Official snow depth:
150cm
Joetsu Kokusai
** 3 lifts and 9 courses open today
The Nagamine area is open on weekdays (and the Panorama area depending on weather and conditions)
The Osawa area is also open on weekends
Night skiing is on Saturdays
Joetsu Kokusai plans to be open until Sunday 28th March
Official snow depth:
180cm
Kagura
** Open as planned today - 12 lifts and most courses available
The Kagura Area (via Mitsumata) plans to be open until Sunday 23rd May
The Tashiro Area plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
Top: 320cm
Base: 270cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
All lifts and courses are open on weekends
The D lift and Milky Way, Super Antares and Andromeda courses are closed on weekdays
Night skiing (6pm-2am) is on Fridays and Saturdays until 3rd April
Kandatsu Snow Resort plans to be open until Sunday 18th April
Official snow depth:
190cm
Maiko Snow Resort
24 of 26 courses open
Maiko Snow Resort plans to be open until Sunday 4th April
Official snow depth:
Top: 230cm
Base: 90cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway, Number 1 and 3 pair lifts are open on weekends
The Number 3 pair lift is closed on weekdays
Muikamachi Hakkaisan plans to be open until Sunday 21st March
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 200cm
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses and lifts are open on weekends
Number 2 and 3 lifts and Course C are closed on weekdays
NASPA Ski Garden plans to be open until Sunday 28th March
Official snow depth:
180cm
Naeba
** 6 lifts and 14 courses open this morning
Night skiing is until Sunday 21st March
Naeba plans to be open until Tuesday 13th April (extended from original planned closing date)
Official snow depth:
Top: 170cm
Base: 120cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Both the Base area and Kogen areas are open
The Landau Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with GALA Yuzawa is now closed for the season
Yuzawa Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 28th March
The base area is open until Sunday 21st March
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 140cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
The Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts are operating
Yuzawa Nakazato plans to be open until Sunday 4th April (extended from original planned closing date)
Official snow depth:
140cm
Yuzawa Park
** Number 1 and 8 lifts open today
Closed on weekdays (except 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th March)
Yuzawa Park plans to be open until Sunday 28th March
Official snow depth:
140cm
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 19th March 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1109cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 292cm reported on 14 days March 2021 snowfall 9cm reported on 1 day |
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.