Yuzawa Now: Saturday 21st December 2013
- Dec 21, 2013
- 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 81cm
Posted on Saturday 21st December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Well, not exactly the thick layer we were hoping for this morning.
About 5cm or so at base areas and up to 10cm that Kagura is reporting higher up.
This morning cloud over Yuzawa again, and it is snowing lightly at the moment. Having said that, over at Naeba blue skies seem to be appearing as clouds move on... perhaps we will get some of that later here as well. So mixed conditions today.
Today is Naeba's 'Grand Open' which probably involves some local sake, snacks - and more importantly, most of the lifts and runs being open.
Across town most of the resorts are now open, and trying to be as fully open as possible. Today is the first of three days holiday in Japan and one of those important weekends for the skijo - they want to make a good start to the season proper this weekend. There are some limitations though due to the lack of deep snow so far so in places it's a bit thin out there. Generally as you might expect there's more snow the higher you go.
All of the 3 main areas of the GALA Yuzawa resort are open from today, including most of the courses, as is the connection between Yuzawa Kogen - GALA Yuzawa - Ishiuchi Maruyama.
The Iwappara resort seem to be fully open.
We are being led to believe that hoping for some snowfall today and tomorrow is not a waste of time, so I am hoping to be able to bring snowy news in my next report.
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 21st December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 81cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 76cm reported on 8 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.