Yuzawa Now: Saturday 23rd January 2016
- Jan 23, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 182cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
A good morning to you from Yuzawa where it was snowing for large parts of yesterday and there has been 4cm or so more overnight as well.
Since my morning report yesterday I have measured an additional 11cm down here in town and I can see that early this morning Kagura are reporting 15-20cm of fresh and Maiko report 10cm so that will probably give you an idea of where we are this morning. Around 10cm of snow around town and up to 20cm in higher areas.
It is snowing lightly at the moment but fairly bright. The forecast tells us that the snow should ease off this morning and leave us with a cloudy day. I wouldn't be surprised if it cleared up further and ended up seeing some sunshine (but that is just a total guess).
We should be back to being snowed on tomorrow with heavy snowfall due tomorrow (Sunday) night into Monday and possibly windy/stormy conditions.
With the snowfall over the last run of days things almost feel something more like 'normal' now, I am happy to report (even though the level of snow piled up around town is clearly still less than usual of course). I was even out shovelling snow from around my house last night - something I'm usually not particularly happy to be doing but I enjoyed it last night.
Conditions on the slopes have been very much improved, including lower areas which have also been snowed on, and I expect to find some very nice conditions out there this morning. Further heavy snow tomorrow will be most welcome!
The local forecast disagrees but the 6-day forecast below shows some sun Tuesday-Thursday. If that happens after snow tomorrow and Monday, I would expect those days to be close on perfect to hit the slopes.
Have a good weekend wherever you may be.
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Resort official snow depths (Saturday 23rd January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now open - and they are now 'mostly' open with just a few steeper courses still unavailable. Importantly, lower slopes have also enjoyed a decent refresh of snow over the last few days.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
150cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
120cm
Iwappara
100cm
Joetsu Kokusai
110cm
Kagura
110cm (Mitsumata)
140cm (Tashiro)
170cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
100-110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
130cm (upper)
60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
100cm
Naeba
100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
95cm
Yuzawa Kogen
100cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
75cm
Yuzawa Park
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 182cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 90cm reported on 14 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.