Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
- Feb 22, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 871cm
Posted on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After a day of snow and sometimes strong winds yesterday -- 20cm more fresh on the ground around town (I kind of thought it would be more than that, but wind may be playing a part) -- this morning has started off calm and sunny.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10cm from yesterday evening; and Kagura 5cm. Interesting.
There's some silky looking thin cloud up there along with blue sky, and somehow the sky and cloud is almost indistinguishable in the early morning light from some angles. So it is a bright and sunny start and that (and/or more cloud) is forecast for the day today.
It's going to be milder once again during the day today so I would imagine then that conditions will be best for the first tracks of the day while it is still cold... and it does feel cold outside at the moment.
Milder still tomorrow with temperatures currently forecast to be approaching 10 degrees, along with rain in town which should eventually turn back into snow.
It seems to be something of a pattern this season - decent amount of snow, but warming up more than we would like in between the snowfalls and more rain than we would like.
Anyhow, let's just see how things turn out.
For this morning at least, conditions should be very nice!
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Official snow depth information as of Wednesday 22nd February 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Upper part of $2,600,000 closed today due to avalanche danger. Otherwise open as planned.
Official snow depth: 380cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 270cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 230cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 280cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 380cm
Mitsumata - 330cm
Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 310cm
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: 265cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 330cm
Base - 240cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 210cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 22nd February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 871cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 255cm reported on 17 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.