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Yuzawa Now: Thursday 22nd February 2018

  • Feb 22, 2018
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 838cm

Posted on Thursday 22nd February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


Snow was falling for much of the day yesterday though it was generally fairly light and didn't end up with much in terms of a fresh layer on the ground.


Kagura resort is reporting up to 5cm of fresh snow and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting just a little without any numbers. There is a thin layer of snow on the top of cars parked since yesterday.


There is some cloud around as of 7:30am but blue sky too and we can probably expect more of the blue skies and sunshine during the day today.


It's a chilly start, -4C, and will likely rise to around +2C later this afternoon. It seems quite windy as well, though not enough to affect ski lift operations.


More sunshine is forecast for tomorrow along with slightly higher temperatures.


For those planning for the weekend, there might be some fresh snow falling on Saturday though it doesn't appear to be heavy snow.


Can hardly believe that this time next week we'll be in March. Too fast!


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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:


Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published.


GALA Yuzawa

- 370cm


Iwappara

- 225cm


Kagura

- Kagura area: 370cm

- Mitsumata area: 270cm

- Tashiro area: 320cm


Kandatsu Kogen

- 285cm


Naeba

- 250cm (base)


NASPA Ski Garden

- 280cm


Yuzawa Kogen

- Top: 320cm

- Base: 270cm


Yuzawa Park

- 220cm


Yuzawa Nakazato

- 210cm


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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):


Ishiuchi Maruyama

- 290cm


Joetsu Kokusai

- 290cm


Maiko Snow Resort

- Top: 285cm

- Base: 180cm


Muikamachi Hakkaisan

- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March

- 370cm



Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Thursday 22nd February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 838cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 155cm reported on 14 days



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