Yuzawa Now: Thursday 21st January 2016
- Jan 21, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 26cm
Snowfall at base this season 163cm
Posted on Thursday 21st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Yuzawa and it is a much happier report this morning.
I have just taken measurements in three places and the verdict is... 26cm of fresh snowfall.
That's more like it! It's fantastic to a see a good new layer of snow on the ground, something that we usually take for granted here but are now perhaps leaning to appreciate all the more.
So at last, a nice decent amount of snow overnight after another day of snow falling yesterday without it making much of an impact in terms of cm. It must have been snowing pretty good overnight.
This morning here's what 'the resorts that report' are saying:
Kagura: 30-40cm of fresh snowfall
Naeba: 20-30cm of fresh snowfall
Maiko Snow Resort: 25cm of fresh snowfall
I would imagine most of the resorts around the valley will have all got at least 20cm of fresh on their slopes.
(Quite how Kagura get 40cm and not adjust their official snow depth is one of the mysteries that definitely needs solving!)
All areas appear to be open this morning with no wind issues.
It is still snowing this morning as well with snow forecast for the day and tomorrow too... and over the weekend as well. We have heard that before of course this season and been disappointed but perhaps this time it might be a different story. Look towards Sunday in particular for heavy snowfall.
Could this be the turning point of the season for us here in this region?
---
Resort official snow depths (Thursday 21st January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open.
This new snowfall will certainly have helped but we could do with more to help with base numbers.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
Part of the South Area now open
130cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
100cm
Iwappara
60cm
Joetsu Kokusai
110cm
Kagura
90cm (Mitsumata)
120cm (Tashiro)
150cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
90-110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
120cm (upper)
50cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
90cm
Naeba
100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
85cm
Yuzawa Kogen
100cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
70cm
Yuzawa Park
70cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 163cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 71cm reported on 12 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.