Yuzawa Now: Thursday 23rd December 2021
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this seas 80cm
Posted on Thursday 23rd December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's a mix of cloud and some sun in places this morning. There was some rain going on last night again but it tried to turn into snow and certainly higher up left us with some new cm. This morning Kagura is reporting 5cm and Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 5cm. Somewhat surprisingly Maiko are reporting 15cm. There's just what is a bit more than a dusting around town areas.
Four more ski areas are planning on opening from tomorrow - NASPA Ski Garden, Yuzawa Park, Nakazato Snow Wood and Muica Snow Resort, with the rest of them opening on Saturday. As far as we can tell, they will be opening as planned - though to start off with they'll be in 'part open' status. The heavy snowfall across the upcoming weekend should really help places open up more, all being well.
We have snow, but there's still not that much snow around lower levels in particular. A couple of days of consistent heavy snow can certainly quickly sort that out.
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Kagura proclaim on their website that all areas are skiable, but at the same time that 23 of their 32 courses are open. It can certainly sound confusing. Perhaps the best description of the situation is that all of the areas are open - Mitsumata, Tashiro and Kagura. There are some courses that are not available, though. That's why we're keeping 'mostly open' in the list below for Kagura.
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Below are the planned operations (and opening dates) of ski areas in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma area. All information is manually checked each morning and is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Lifts operating:
Gondola
Barouche
Sociable
Phaeton
Courses open:
Melody
Entertainment
Gigi
Yuki asobi park
Official snow depth:
70cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
3cm
Lifts operating:
Sunrise Express
Tyrol triple
Summit quad
Kanko Number 3
10 courses open
Official snow depth:
60cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Lift & course info:
4 lifts operating
3 courses in the Panorama Zone open
Official snow depth:
50cm (upper)
Kagura
5cm
Lift & course info:
Mostly open - all main areas are open but some courses still not available
23/32 courses open
11/19 lifts open
Official snow depth:
Top: 100cm
Base: 60cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Lift & course info:
A, B & C lifts operating
About half the courses are open
Official snow depth:
90cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
15cm (upper)
Lift & course info:
Maiko Gondola
Okusoechi quad
Okusoechi pair
7 courses in the Okusoechi area are open
Official snow depth:
70cm (top)
?cm (base)
Naeba
Lift & course info:
8/24 courses open
4/12 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
60cm (top)
40cm (base)
Yuzawa Kogen
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
?cm (upper)
Lift & course info:
The upper Kogen area is part open
Official snow depth:
50cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Operating lifts:
Number 1 lift
Number 2 lift
Number 3 lift
Official snow depth:
55cm
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Other planned opening dates
Friday 24th December 2021
Muica Snow Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 25th December 2021
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ipponsugi
Iwappara
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Late December
Mt Granview
Confirmed as not opening for the 2021-2022 season
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Itsukamachi
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Thursday 23rd December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 80cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 70cm reported on 8 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.