Yuzawa Now: Saturday 1st February 2020
- Feb 1, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this seas 141cm
Posted on Saturday 1st February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
More good news this morning.
I can report 14cm of fresh snow on the ground in town base areas and here is what different ski resorts themselves are reporting this morning:
Kagura: 30-40cm
Yuzawa Kogen: 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
So I think it's safe to say that there's a good 15+cm of so of fresh snow across most of the mountains this morning and more as you go higher.
Conditions should be refreshed and good! :)
The Minamiuonuma valley to the north of Yuzawa is also looking white again, with around 10cm or so of snow on the ground just to the north of Ishiuchi.
As reported in the update yesterday, NASPA Ski Garden has re-opened this morning with all their lifts and main courses now open.
More of Ishiuchi Maruyama is open.
The base area of Yuzawa Kogen has re-opened.
The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen and Gala ropeway is operating again.
Fresh snow definitely helps!!
So while it may not a huge Snow Country-style dumpage (Kagura aside), it is good and encouraging and the forecast also shows cause for optimism for something a bit more like 'normal' going forward. Let's hope so!
Wherever you are I hope you have a good weekend.
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GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area and Northern Area courses are open (except Super Swan course)
- The Eliza and Batman courses in the Southern Area are open
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Access via all base Entrance areas available
- 17 courses open
- Official snow depth: 120cm (upper); 80cm (mid)
Iwappara
- 6 lifts are operating with the central to upper area of the resort open
- Official snow depth: 60cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 11 lifts operating
- 10 courses open (mostly the Panorama and Atema areas)
- Official snow depth: 70cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are normally open
- 21 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 160cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- All lifts lifts plan to be operating
- Official snow depth: 125cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- The Gondola and top Okusoechi lifts are operating with 7 courses open in that top area.
- Take the Gondola back down to base.
- The Maiko Area is open with 1 course and 1 lift available.
- Official snow depth: 90cm (upper); 15cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway and Number 1 and 3 lifts operating
- 8 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 130cm
Naeba
- Naeba is open with most courses available
- 19 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 70cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts are operating
- All courses are open
- Kids Garden open
- Mogul and Slopestyle areas not open
- Official snow depth: 70cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- All Kogen lifts now operating and Kogen Snowland is open
- Base area has re-opened
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is also once again operating
- Official snow depth: 80cm (Kogen); 10cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1 and 7 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 1st February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 141cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (5th and 21st January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 14cm 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.