Yuzawa Now: Monday 20th November 2017
- Nov 20, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 10cm
Posted on Monday 20th November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Yesterday was a generally snowy day. Light snow mostly, but coming down harder at times. And at our measuring point we have an additional 5cm as a result. I'm not hearing reliable news about how much snow has been falling higher up, but we can reasonably expect a fair bit more.
The snow clouds are still above us this morning and may well be until tomorrow so we can perhaps expect a bit more.
One thing I feel I should mention at this point. This is a very nice early snowfall of course and we're more than happy to take it as a good sign for the upcoming season! But it has to be noted that we often get early snowfall which more often than not melts away to be followed by a stretch of no snowfall before it starts snowing proper for the season. That's the normal pattern. As the forecast stands just now it seems we can expect slightly warmer conditions after today and more rain than snow (in town anyway).
Kagura will be opening on Thursday. How much of Kagura night open?! We don't know that yet and they will probably announce the details on Wednesday - I will of course bring those details to you on this report.
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Planned ski resort opening dates
Thursday 23rd November 2017
Kagura (via Mitsumta)
Saturday 9th December 2017
Iwappara
Kagura (via Tashiro)
Naeba
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 15th December 2017
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 16th December 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Kandatsu Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Thursday 21st December 2017
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Friday 22nd December 2017
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
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Data as of Monday 20th November 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 10cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (19th and 20th November) November 2017 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 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.