Yuzawa Now: Saturday 23rd December 2023
- Dec 23, 2023
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 55cm
Snowfall at base this seas 143cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Very good news! Over 50cm of fresh snow, both in Yuzawa town areas and Ishiuchi just to the north of Yuzawa.
We're currently enjoying some blue sky and sunshine, but there might be more snow during the day. In fact, it is still snowing in the valley north of Yuzawa (and there is a lot of fast-moving cloud).
This wonderful gift of fresh snowfall is letting ski areas open up this morning. A lot is changing and so some of the information below might already be out-of-date. Luckily, I'll be back tomorrow with another update. But basically, most ski areas are now at least part open.
NASPA Ski Garden and Ipponsugi Snow Park both plan to be open from tomorrow.
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GALA Yuzawa
Lifts open:
Diligence Gondola
All Central Area lifts
Victoria lift in the Northern Area
Courses available:
All Central Area courses
Broadway, Super Broadway and Swan in the Northern Area
Official snow depth:
50cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Operations:
6 lifts and 10 courses
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Iwappara
Operations:
3 lifts and 6 courses
Official snow depth:
70cm
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Joetsu Kokusai
Operations:
12 lifts and 12 courses open
Official snow depth:
80cm
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Kagura
Lifts open:
11 of 18 lifts operating
Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway are now open and you can get the Kagura area from both
Courses available:
19 of 30 runs open
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Base: 40cm
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Operations:
3 lifts and 4 courses
Official snow depth:
85cm
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Maiko Snow Resort
Lifts & courses:
4 lifts and 7 courses (incluing the quad in the Maiko Area)
You need to ride the gondola back down to base from the Okusoechi Area
Official snow depth:
Top: 120cm
Base: 40cm
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Operations:
All lifts are operating
Official snow depth:
Top: 120cm
Base: 70cm
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Naeba
Lifts open:
Prince Number 2 Gondola
Takenokodaira pair lift
Number 4 romance pair lift
Courses available:
Takenokodaira
Number 4
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Base: 30cm
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NASPA Ski Garden
Lifts open:
NASPA Ski Garden plans to open from tomorrow (Sunday 24th)
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Yuzawa Kogen
Operations:
4 lifts and 5 courses
Official snow depth:
Top: 40cm
Base: 30cm
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Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Operations:
2 lifts and 3 courses
Official snow depth:
50cm
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Yuzawa Park
Operations:
1 lift and 1 course
Official snow depth:
50cm
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The following ski areas are closed during the 2023-2024 winter season:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Itsukamachi
Mt Granview
Nakasato Kiyotsu
Yuzawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 143cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 14cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 129cm reported on 7 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.