Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 20th December 2017
- Dec 20, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 151cm
Posted on Wednesday 20th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Clouds did indeed move over Yuzawa yesterday with light snow starting to fall in town by the afternoon. It was a bit wet at first but improved into the evening and there's 8cm to add to the report this morning.
Kagura are reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday; Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 15cm.
Nice to see that fresh snow, though it does look likely we are going to need to make do with what we have for the next few days - until Monday actually, when Santa is due to bring fresh snowfall to the region according to the forecast.
This morning there is more blue sky and sunshine to start the day off. A cold start to the day but it should be fairly mild by mid-afternoon.
Ishiuchi Maruyama plans to be part open from tomorrow. They are planning on having 10 lifts operating and 13 courses open.
And then NASPA Ski Garden and Iwappara will be opening from Friday.
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Currently open in Yuzawa (official snow depths where available):
Wednesday 20th December 2017
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa opens for the season from this morning.
6 lifts are operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) are open. The sledding area is also open.
- 140cm
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
- Kagura area: 180cm
- Mitsumata area: 120cm
- Tashiro area: 140cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open.
- 120cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort is open with the Gondola and two Okusoeji lifts operating and 7 courses in that top area available.
Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December.
- Top: 120cm
- Base: 60cm
Muica Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort is open with all lifts operating.
- 100cm
Naeba
A large part of Naeba is now open.
- Base: 70cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating.
- 50cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 110cm
Joetsu Kokusai is part open from this morning.
The area in front of the main base hotel as well as the lower part of the Atema area are open - 13 courses in total.
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is - even the town-level Nunoba Family lift apparently is moving.
- Top: 110cm
- Base: 50cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 50cm
The Number 1 high speed lift as well as Number 2 and 3 lifts are operating.
Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course.
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Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
Thursday 21st December 2017
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Friday 22nd December 2017
Iwappara
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 20th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm reported on 10 days |
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.