Yuzawa Now: Saturday 23rd December 2017
- Dec 23, 2017
- 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 151cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After the fine sunny weather of yesterday - the sun was out and when I went past the temperature reading by the side of the road in town it was saying +7C degrees. I recall we were expecting more of the sunny skies today...
It hasn't started off that way though. I was woken up by the sound of water - it was automatic snow-melting sprinklers that were turned on; so it may well have been snowing but I can't see any evidence of that. A little later when I got up it was raining. Happily that has now stopped but the roads are wet. There is lots of grey cloud still around but hopefully a chance that things will clear up as the morning progresses.
Today sees the small Ipponsugi ski hill in the central Yuzawa open as well as the Muikamachi Hakkaisan resort to the north in Minamiuonuma. The Dragondola lift that connects Naeba with the Tashiro part of Kagura opens from this morning. And in other Kagura news, their top Kagura Number 5 lift is set to start operating from 1st January.
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So, ski hills are now either partly or fully open with generally very good snow cover. The mild conditions that look set to continue through tomorrow though mean that the snow has gradually been reducing so we would like some more sustained snowfall to build those bases up.
It still looks like snow should be falling again from Monday. Fingers crossed!
Have a good Saturday.
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Updated: Saturday 23rd December 2017
** Official snow depths (where available) and resort specific information
Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open.
The sledding area is also open.
- 130cm
Ipponsugi
- 50cm
Iwappara
- Iwappara is open from this morning. The central and top area was open yesterday with more scheduled to be available today.
- 70cm
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba plans to open from this morning.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January.
- Kagura area: 180cm
- Mitsumata area: 120cm
- Tashiro area: 140cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open.
- 100cm
Naeba
Most of Naeba is now open.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura plans to open from this morning.
- Base: 70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available.
- 105cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open.
- Top: 110cm
- Base: 50cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating as of yesterday. Unconfirmed if more will be available today.
- 40cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with the six lifts operating.
Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course.
- 50cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open. Nighta starts from this evening.
- 90cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is part open.
- 100cm
Maiko Snow Resort
From today all three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open.
Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December.
- Top: 105cm
- Base: 30cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 120cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm reported on 10 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.