Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 21st February 2017
- Feb 21, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 851cm
Posted on Tuesday 21st February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After putting up with quite a lot of rain and wet yesterday here at town level, it is very nice to be able to report a good layer of fresh snow on the ground - and snow still falling this morning, and forecast for the day.
Here's how much fresh snow is being reported:
Kagura: 30cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 30cm
I am measuring 22cm.
So yes, it's still snowing and should be through the day but clearing up sometime perhaps late afternoon or evening. Tomorrow we might well get to enjoy a sunny start to the day. The forecast is threatening some rain again before snow comes back on Thursday...
Back to this morning and only the Mitsumata area of Kagura is open - Tashiro is closed for the day and the main Kagura area, or part of it, may open later depending on conditions.
All other ski resorts in Yuzawa and the region appear to be opening as planned this morning.
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Official snow depth information as of Tuesday 21st February 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Upper part of $2,600,000 closed today due to avalanche danger. Otherwise open as planned.
Official snow depth: 370cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 270cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 215cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 280cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 370cm
Mitsumata - 320cm
Tashiro - 340cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 300cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 305cm
Base - 170cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 370cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 300cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 260cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 320cm
Base - 230cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 21st February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 851cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 235cm reported on 16 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.