Yuzawa Now: Friday 21st November 2014
- Nov 21, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Friday 21st November 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Open kettei! Yes, the decision has been made and Kagura is going to open from tomorrow morning. Hurray!
Here's the lowdown:
The Mitsumtata Ropeway will be open from 8am tomorrow morning. From the top of the Gondola a shuttle bus will take folk over to the base of the Kagura Gondola, and that Gondola will take you up to the main Kagura area where the Kagura Number 1 quad will be operating every day and the Kagura Number 1 Romance lift will be moving on Saturdays and holidays. So that's the lift situation. What about the courses?
They plan to have the main Kagura run open - 1500m of it which - will 20-50m in width. And they are noting 60cm in snow depth.
So a fairly decent start and with the natural snow up there and the 'snow' that the machines have been making it looks like decent cover up there.
Remember there's some tonjiru and osjiruko soup on offer down at Mitsumata Ropeway from 1pm-4pm as well, though they are talking about limited supply so you have to decide what you want. Skiing and snowboarding or soup? ;) Perhaps both if you come back down before 4pm and there's still some left.
The Ropeway plans to be open until 5pm, with the last 'going up' at 2:30pm.
So that's the situation at Kagura.
There won't be any new real snow up there as this morning the sun it out and it's a beautiful start to the morning. Clear skies all round, a bit of low lying early morning fog in places. Lovely. It's going to be a Yuzawatastically fine and sunny day by the looks of things, and warming up too with a high temperature of maybe 12-13 degreees forecast. Similarly warm and maybe similarly sunny tomorrow as well for that first day at Kagura.
Here are the planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa Town:
Tomorrow:
Kagura (Mitsumata)
Saturday 6th December:
Kagura Tashiro
Iwappara
Saturday 13th December:
Naeba
Friday 19th December:
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 20th December:
NASPA Ski Garden
GALA Yuzawa
Ludens Yuzawa
Nakazato Snow Wood
Ipponsugi
Yuzawa Kogen (Nunoba area)
Kandatsu Kogen
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