Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 1st March 2016
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 408cm
Posted on Tuesday 1st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa. And this is the kind of report I like writing...
This morning Kagura are reporting an impressive 40-50cm of fresh snow since yesterday and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 30+cm on their slopes.
Here in town outside my place I have measured 22cm of lovely snow on the ground.
That's more like it, great to see a decent amount of snow. This is what we are used to here!
It started off raining quite a lot yesterday but turned into snowfall and by evening there was a layer of snow on the ground with more joining it overnight.
Snow is forecast for the day today and also hopefully into tomorrow as well, though perhaps just light snow rather than heavy. Actually just at the moment the snow has stopped falling and it's fairly bright. Hopefully that is just a temporary break rather than a clear up.
So this morning conditions should be great and definitely one to make the most of.
Strong winds seem to be affecting operations at Kagura with only the Mitsumata area open this morning with the chance of parts of Kagura opening depending on conditions. (That means that there'll be lots of untouched up there on the main Kagura areas tomorrow).
Once these snow clouds clear up, I'm afraid there isn't much more snow to be seen on the 6-day forecast. Rather it looks like it's going to really warm up by the weekend. Let's deal with that nearer the time.
For now though, a very good morning!
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Resort official snow depths (Tuesday 1st March 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Some numbers have not yet been updated as the report went online
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
160cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
130cm
Iwappara
110cm
Joetsu Kokusai
160cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
115-145cm
Maiko Snow Resort
155cm (upper)
50cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
180cm
Naeba
130cm
NASPA Ski Garden
105cm
Yuzawa Kogen
150cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
80cm
Yuzawa Park
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 1st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 408cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 22cm 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.