Yuzawa Now: Monday 19th May 2014
- May 19, 2014
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 22, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 833cm
Posted on Monday 19th May 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Some lovely blue skies and equally lovely fluffy white clouds over Kagura yesterday, and lots of people on the slopes as well.
Crowded!!
Still great cover of snow on those main Kagura runs with one more week to go.
At the time of writing it seems that the Mitsumata lift is still running and you're able to ski back down to the Ropeway as well. No need for a pesky shuttle bus yet. Can they keep that going until the weekend?
As you can see from the webcam image from the top of Ishiuchi Maruyama (below), snow from the valley - has all completely gone and right up to the top of that resort as well. We're truly into 'green' mode here now.
It is a beautiful morning here with fine clear blue skies and just a slight breeze. A high temperature of around 24 degrees is forecast for the day, with similar conditions expected tomorrow.
25th is planned as the last day.
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Here's the lifts that are operating at Kagura:
-Mitsumata Ropeway (open 8am on weekdays; 7:30am on Saturdays and holidays)
-Mitsumata Number 1 quad lift
-Mitsumata Number 3 romance lift
-Mitsumata Number 2 romance lift (open when very busy; closed on weekdays)
-Kagura Gondola
-Kagura Number 1 quad lift [*** on hold early on Saturday due to strong winds]
-Kagura Number 1 romance lift (closed on weekdays)
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Courses open:
-Gondola course
-Kagura main course
-Technical course
-Giant course
-Kagura park
The Mitsumata area is now what they call a 'connecting area' back down to the Mitsumata Ropeway - so basically you can just use it at the end of your day to get back down to the Ropeway and base.
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Until 25th May:
Kagura (the main Kagura area via Mitsumata Ropeway)
All other resorts in the region are closed for the season.
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Official resort snow depths @ Tuesday 6th May 2014, AM:
Kagura (Mitsumata):
200cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 19th May 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 833cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th, 13th January and 7th March) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 297cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 204cm reported on 17 days March 2014 snowfall 191cm reported on 12 days April 2014 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day May 2014 snowfall 0cm |
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.