Yuzawa Now: Saturday 23rd April 2016
- Apr 23, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 424cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The sun is out and there is lots of blue sky this morning. Just a bit of cloud here and there and already a warm 18C degrees here in town. More fine weather is forecast for tomorrow so weather wise we are all good for the weekend it would seem.
The big news today is that the GALA Yuzawa resort have made the decision that tomorrow - Sunday 24th April - is going to be their last day of the season. They will be open today and tomorrow with the Melody course (on snow mats) and a small sledge area remaining open. It almost seems inevitable with the snow situation that they have been faced with.
That also means that from Monday morning it will be just Kagura that remains open. Their plan has always been to remain open until 29th May and they still have that on their official information, but with that over a full month away I think that there must be a fairly good chance that they also will be cutting that short.
We shall see...
Have a good weekend.
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Upcoming Golden Week holidays:
* Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend)
* Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week)
* Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend)
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Resorts that remain open in Yuzawa on Saturday 23rd April 2016):
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa resort have announced that they will remain open until tomorrow, Sunday 24th April.
The Melody course - with artificial 'snow mats' - and sledging area are open.
Note that skiing and snowboarding on natural snow is now no longer possible at GALA.
Kagura
The Tashiro Ropeway plans to be open until 8th May.
The Kagura area via Mitsumata Ropeway plans to be open until 29th May.
The Mitsumata area is now used as a 'connecting course' to get to and from the main Kagura area with some snow remaining, under which is the artificial 'snow brush'.
Most of the main Kagura courses remain open with natural snow.
Note that the top Kagura Number 5 pair lift will be open through Sunday 24th April.
Official snow depth:
Kagura area: 160cm
Tashiro area: 130cm
Mitsumata area: -cm
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Resorts that are not listed above are now closed for the season.
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 424cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 38cm reported on 5 days April 2016 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.