Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 1st January 2019
- Jan 1, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this season 274cm
Posted on Tuesday 1st January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Happy New Year
After that extremely snowy last week of 2018, we start 2019 with some clear skies and sunshine. It is a lovely morning. It's not expected to last too long though with snow forecast for later on.
This morning I cleared 14cm of snow off the measuring point and there was 5cm on it yesterday, so that's 19cm that I have measured myself to add to the reports this morning. Curiously, Kagura are reporting just 5cm - Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 10cm and Maiko are saying 20cm.
So we are start the new year in excellent shape and should now be set for the season. What we want now - ideally - is lots of days like this morning with regular snowfall during the night time. Onegai shimasu! No doubt the story of the season won't pan out exactly like that, but it will certainly be interesting to see what happens next and how the season unfolds. For now, let's try to enjoy what we have been blessed with as much as we can.
Popular places will likely be rather busy today; maybe things will take a while to get going with a few sore heads. But if you get out early this morning you'll be rewarded with a beautiful morning.
The photos today are from GALA Yuzawa, Yuzawa Kogen and Maiko Snow Resort.
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10:30am update
Beautiful morning here!
With most areas now open we have made a few changes to the resort specific information below to try and simplify things. We will continue to check and update each ski resort information for every report, and make a note of anything we feel is of interest. We have also added information about 'nighta' operations at ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. That is at the bottom of the report and we'll keep it there in every report.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 220cm (official snow depth)
* The Central and Northern Areas of GALA Yuzawa are open.
* All of the Central Area is open including the ‘Snow Enjoyment Park’.
* The Broadway, Swan, Roman Holiday and Super Broadway courses in the Northern Area are open
* Part of the downhill Falcon course is open
Iwappara
- 165cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura area: 250cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 210cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 230cm (official snow depth)
* The top Kagura Number 5 romance lift is open from today
Kandatsu Kogen
- 155cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 230cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 190cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 130cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Park
- 160cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 140cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 200cm (official snow depth)
Joetsu Kokusai
- 180cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 190cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 130cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 180cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 1st January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 274cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (29th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 19cm 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.