Yuzawa Now: Sunday 1st January 2017
- Jan 1, 2017
- 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 146cm
Posted on Sunday 1st January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Happy New Year!
And a good morning to you from Yuzawa. Kotoshi mo yoroshiku!
Just a dusting of snow on the mountainsides overnight but it does look like it is snowing higher up early on.
I really (really!) don't want to be starting the year talking about rain, but unfortunately I have to. Rain was falling in town yesterday afternoon and we were hoping for a fresh layer of snow on the ground this morning in town... sadly, that's not the case and it is still raining - thankfully lightly. As mentioned snow appears to be happening higher up so head up there to avoid the wet.
It's just remaining too warm and though no rain is on the forecast for tomorrow, tomorrow is going to be warmer again - with a high of around 7C forecast in town. I wish we could get rid of all of this 'unseasonably warm' talk on the weather reports!
I see snow on the forecasts from Tuesday and so it's back to crossing those fingers.
Wherever you are though, I hope that you have a fun and safe 2017.
SNOW!
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Resort-specific info as of Sunday 1st January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
11 courses in the Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 140cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lifts from all three base areas are now operating. All but one lift operating and all course areas are now available.
Nighta operations have also started.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 7 lifts and 14 courses are open.
Nighta is now available.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Joetsu Kokusai
More of Joetsu Kokusai is now open with 17 lifts operating and 16 courses up there open.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are open.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift is open from today. It operates from 9am until noon (from 9:30am on weekdays).
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 170cm
Mitsumata - 150cm
Tashiro - 130cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is now mostly open with 5 lifts planned to be operating.
Nighta from 6pm until 4am tomorrow morning.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Naeba
Most lifts operating. Please see Naeba Now report for more specific details.
Official snow depth: 90cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko is now mostly open with all but one lift and 18 courses available.
'Nighta' (floodlit night skiing) operations at Maiko Snow Resort have started.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 110cm
Base - 30cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway, Number 1 and Number 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open. All lifts are operating and all courses (apart from the mogul course) are open.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is mostly open including the lower Nunoba area.
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
Top - 100cm
Base - 40cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 1, 2, 3 and 7 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 55cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with all operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Sunday 1st January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 146cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th and 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 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.