Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
- Dec 23, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 480cm
Posted on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snowfall remained half-hearted for much of the morning at least and into the afternoon, though around 2pm it started snowing more heavily... didn't amount to that much snow on the ground though. So it was surprising to see on the news how much snow had been falling elsewhere in Niigata to the north of us here - the clouds had kind of missed us out of the main event.
My friend over in Tokamachi said he had to move over 40cm off his car yesterday evening, that had fallen during the day.
So the forecast was for 50cm and over in the mountains of the region for overnight, so we were looking forward to that. Didn't quite turn out like that though. There's 15cm of snow on the top of my car this morning; I'd guess that resorts around town saw about 20cm upwards.
Kagura are reporting 30-40cm; Naeba reporting 20-40cm.
Nice to get the layer of fresh, but let's have more today ok?!
Today is a national holiday in Japan - Emperor's Birthday - so I would expect places to at least be busier than a normal Tuesday. The weekend didn't see too many crowds so just how many people will turn out for today, I don't know.
Christmas isn't a holiday here in Japan and while people might eat a cake and friend chicken on Christmas Eve (as is the 'tradition' here), for most it's just another day. Indeed you'll probably see Christmas trees taken down late on the 24th, to be replaced with New Year gear. Oh yes and lots of ski hills will get visited by Santa. Busy guy.
The forecast for today remains snow and it is snowing now, so hopefully we can get some more fresh snow on the runs. Tomorrow looks set to be milder with some forecasts telling us that we might have clearer sunny skies (others just cloudy).
Itsukamachi resort in Minamiuonuma opens from today.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
230cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
200cm
Iwappara:
165cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
160cm
Kagura:
230cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
190cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
190cm
Naeba:
150cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
160cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
200cm (Kogen)
150cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
130cm
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Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
All resorts not noted here are now at least part open.
Thursday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Saturday 27th December:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Late December
Mt Granview
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Data as of Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 480cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 480cm reported on 11 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.