Yuzawa Now: Friday 20th February 2015
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 1191cm
Posted on Friday 20th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Something of a wet day yesterday with either rain or wet snow falling for large parts of the day around town areas.
I'm happy to report that it is snowing this morning with just a few cm on the car outside so I was quite surprised to see Kagura report 30cm and Maiko lower down by town here also report 20cm. Naeba resort report 10-20cm with up to 40cm in some wind blown places.
So sounds like there'll be a decent layer out there. If we can get some more during the day today that would be good.
Forecast for the weekend is clearer skies tomorrow, followed by rain on Sunday along with those potentially rather warm conditions.
It's the famous Tokamachi Snow Festival this weekend which features lots of large snow sculptures amongst other events. About 45-60 minutes from Yuzawa by car, will depend on the road conditions, and usually worth a look.
Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
470cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
390cm
Iwappara:
270cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
300cm
Kagura:
370cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
405cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
400cm (upper)
270cm (lower)
Naeba:
290cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
345cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
360cm (Kogen)
320cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
260cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 20th February 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1191cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 212cm reported on 15 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.