Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 22nd April 2026
- Apr 22
- 2 min read
Updated: 9 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 917cm
Posted on Wednesday 22nd April 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa.
It will be less windy today, and Kagura is scheduled to be open again.
Snow at both of the Ropeway entry points at Kagura, Mitsumata and Tashiro, is thin on the ground - but both are still available and snow cover on most of the main open runs remains decent.
According to the website this morning, 25 ski runs are still available with 12 lifts operating.
It looks like 'Kagura summer gerende' operations have been cancelled. In typical Prince resort fashion, the brief announcement they have released is a bit vague, offers no reason and encourages various questions, so I'll probably revisit this topic when I confirm more details. But if I am understanding it correctly, with GALA Yuzawa not doing the summer ski thing this year, that will mean that there basically is no summer ski options in the region this summer.
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Kagura:
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm (unclear if this is updated today or not)
Base: 70cm
Notes:
12 of 17 lifts remain open.
Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases are open.
The Mitsumata Area course is used as a connection to get to the Kagura Area.
25 of 30 ski runs are still available, according to the official website this morning.
The Tashiro Area (and Tashiro Ropeway) plans to be open until 7th May.
The Kagura Area (via Mitsumata Ropeway) plans to be open until Sunday 17th May.
Closing dates are subject to change - it will all depend on how much snow remains!
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All other ski areas in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region have now closed for skiing and snowboarding.
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Data as of Wednesday 22nd April 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 917cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 132cm reported on 13 days March 2026 snowfall 34cm reported on 6 days April 2026 snowfall 0cm |
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.