Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 23rd December 2015
- Dec 23, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 19cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
It's a mostly cloudy morning here, and dry too. Overnight temperatures dropped to just under zero but today it highs of around 9C expected.
Yesterday we had to put up with rain again unfortunately. Perhaps once this snow starts falling at the end of the week, there's just be no rain left until sometime around May. That would be good!
The forecast remains the talk of the town of course, and it's still giving us snow at the end of the week. It might start off as rain in town on Friday but should be snowing by the end of the day. And, fingers crossed, a decent amount of snow on Saturday and Sunday when it should be getting winter-like cold again.
Sadly the Joetsu Kokusai resort - which had been part open for a number of days - will be closed today. The rain of yesterday put a stop to that. Which means that the limited skiing choices for right now are as noted below... Kagura, Naeba and GALA Yuzawa.
Kagura is offering by far the biggest (widest) open area. In fact, from today the skiable connection between Kagura and Tashiro is open which means that basically the majority of the 'Kagura' resort is now open. That's a big area.
Hopefully in a matter of days, there will be much more choice available to us all.
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Resorts that are now at least part open (Wednesday 23rd December 2015) - subject to change:
Kagura
Most of Kagura is now open.
Both Ropeways (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open and you can ski or snowboard from one to the other.
The only areas now closed at Kagura seem to be the very top pair lift, one of the main Mitsumata slopes and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base.
Naeba
Lower Number 4 and 5 courses are open (with the help of artificial snow) and the upper Takenokodaira course is open (100% natural snow).
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is part open - the Melody and part of the Entertainment courses in the main Central Area are open.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Technical course and Rakuraku A courses open with just two pair lifts operating (one to get to the open area).
Resorts on standby to open as soon as there is enough snow to open:
Ipponsugi
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Iwappara
Kagura (Tashiro)
Kandatsu Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Kogen
Planning to open on Thursday 24th December:
Chateau Shiozawa
Planning to open on Friday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Planning to open on Saturday 26th December:
Itsukamachi
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview
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Data as of Wednesday 23rd December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 19cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 19cm reported on 2 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.