Yuzawa Now: Monday 21st December 2020
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this seas 376cm
Posted on Monday 21st December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Guess what? Yep, you guessed it. It's still snowing.
There was a break yesterday morning for a short time when there was even some sunshine breaking through in places, but it got back to snow fairly quickly and there has been another thick layer overnight.
Our measurement this morning: 40cm since 9am yesterday morning. That takes our total for the season to 376cm.
375cm of that over the last 7 days (!)
The Kagura resort are reporting 70cm of snow since yesterday and this morning they have the Mitsumata Area open and just the Kagura Number 1 pair lift at Kagura.
Both Maiko Snow Resort and Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 20cm since last night. (They're surely doing some rounding down there. When numbers get big, ski areas seem to get wary of actually scaring people off with 'too much snow'.)
GALA Yuzawa now has an official snow depth of 300cm.
This has been mentioned in other reports in the last few days but it is worth repeating. All this snow does not mean that all the ski areas are going to be fully open. They are still very much dealing with it all and there are safety issues to consider. Dealing with such large amounts of snow is actually a very serious business, especially when it all comes at once. Last year was 'not normal'... this sudden massive snow is the other extreme. With the snow due to ease off somewhat by the end of today and then a few days of clearer skies and calmer conditions, everyone should be getting on top of the situation fairly soon. First of all, it needs to ease off!
Keep that in mind and if you plan to be here and if you venture out in all this snow... it's natural to be excited by all this, but keep that in check and take extra care out there.
As of 9am it is still snowing and visibility is limited.
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Monday 21st December 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 376cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 376cm 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.