Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 1st January 2020
- Jan 1, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this seas 51cm
Posted on Wednesday 1st January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Updated at 10:15am
Happy New Year from Yuzawa.
Fresh snow is on the ground!
As much as we would like? No - it wasn't one of those relentless impressive dumps, but we'll take it. Around 10cm around town base areas; Maiko are reporting 20cm of fresh snow.
Yesterday rain started falling in the morning, quite heavily at times, but that turned into snowfall later in the afternoon and it was snowing on and off overnight leaving us with that layer on the ground this morning.
Ishiuchi Maruyama are going to be opening this morning for the first time this season; they are reporting 10-20cm of snow at base and 40-50cm of snow on upper areas. The Sunrise Express is making it's debut for the season. The other Entrance base areas of Ishiuchi Maruyama are not yet open, so access to the mountain is via that gondola lift.
NASPA Ski Garden also is back up and open this morning, as is Maiko Snow Resort.
After we originally posted the report this morning there was quite a lot of blue sky and some sunshine appeared too. Since then it has started to cloud over once again.
We are due snow to start falling sometime this afternoon.
The forecast for the coming week is also still looking quite promising. A normal winter season cycle of regular snowfall would be most welcome.
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Currently open:
GALA Yuzawa
- Part open
- The Gondola is operating
- Phaeton pair, Coach pair Sociable quad, Barouche quad, Victoria quad lifts are operating
- Most of the Central Area (Melody, Entertainment, Gigi, Grenoble courses) and three courses in the Northern Area (Swan, Broadway, Roman Holiday courses) are open
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Part open
- Sunrise Express, Tyrol triple lift, Kanko Number 3 Express lift and Summit quad lift operating
- Take the Sunrise Express from the open base Central Entrance
Iwappara
- Part open
- Number 2 and 3 pair lifts, Number 1 romance lift and summit quad are operating
- 8 courses open
Joetsu Kokusai
- Part open
- 6 lifts operating
- 4 courses open (1 in front of hotel and 3 in the Panorama area)
Kagura
- All areas are open with most courses now available
- Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases ropeways are operating
- The lift/course connection between Tashiro Area and Kagura Area is available
- The Dragondola from Naeba is operating
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Part open
- A, B and C lifts are operating and 5 courses open
Maiko Snow Resort
- Closed today due to forecast wind
Muica Snow Resort
- Part open
- Number 1 and 2 pair lifts operating
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Part open
- Ropeway and Number 3 lifts operating
- Part of upper area open
Naeba
- Part open
- You can now ride down from top to base
- The Dragondola is now operating
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- Part open
- Number 3, 4 and 5 lifts operating
- F, G and H courses open
- Kids Garden open
Yuzawa Kogen
- Park open
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- Cosmos lift, Summit Panorama lifts also operating
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Part open
- Number 2, 3, 4 and 5 Romance pair lifts operating
Yuzawa Park
- Part open
- Number 7 lift operating
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Other ski resorts
Chateau Shiozawa
Part open
Itsukamachi
Plans to be open from tomorrow (2nd January)
Nakazato Snow Wood
Part open
Hakkai Sanroku
Not open yet
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Unconfirmed
Mt Granview
Unconfirmed
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 1st January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 51cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November, 28th December and 1st January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 12cm 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.