Yuzawa Now: Friday 1st January 2016
- Jan 1, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 105cm
Posted on Friday 1st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning and a very Happy New Year to everyone reading this report and SnowJapan.
I am happy to report a snowy start to 2016 with 12cm measured just before outside my place and it would seem resorts around town reporting 10-15cm of fresh snow on the slopes.
The local forecast is for the snowfall to stop sometime this afternoon and maybe a clear night before a cloudy day tomorrow. It also tells us of these milder conditions that are still expected from Sunday through until maybe around Tuesday. Please don't warm up too much (and do not rain!) After today the next chance of snow is due around Tuesday evening.
So here we are in 2016. Those of you who have been around a while will know how special December 2014 was... a magnificent 5.59m of snow falling in town as observed by your reporter. December 2015 of course was almost the opposite with a worrying lack of snow and mild conditions right until the last week. I observed 92cm in December 2015.
If we look back to the year before you can see that it was 136cm for December 2013. Last year also saw less snow than the previous season in the month of January so it was kind of a switch-around of the 'usual' pattern:
December 2013: 131cm (136cm running total for season)
December 2014: 559cm (559cm running total for season)
December 2015: 92cm (92cm running total for season)
January 2014: 297cm (433cm running total for season)
January 2015: 420cm (979cm running total for season)
January 2016: ???
Here's to a very snowy January 2016!
---
Resort operations (Friday 1st January 2016) - subject to change:
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
The Central Area and most of the North Area are now open.
The downhill Falcon course is also now open.
Ipponsugi
Ipponsugi is now open.
Iwappara
Iwappara is now open.
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is now open.
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
The top pair lift is now open (from today).
The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is now operating.
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open with all their planned lifts operating.
Ludens Yuzawa
Ludens Yuzawa is now open.
Naeba
Large areas of Naeba are now open (the top runs and a few central areas aside).
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Tashiro is now operating.
Nakazato Snow Wood
Nakazato Snow Wood is open.
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is now open with all lifts operating.
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen and the Nunoba areas are now open.
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is now open.
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is now open.
Resorts in Minamiuonuma:
Chateau Shiozawa
Chateau Shiozawa is now open.
Hakkaisanroku
Hakkai Sanroku is now open.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open.
Itsukamachi
Itsukamachi is now open.
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort is now open.
Mt Granview
Mt Granview is now open.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Most of Hakkai-san is now open.
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Muikamachi Ski Resort is now open.
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 1st January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 105cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 13cm 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.