Yuzawa Now: Monday 23rd January 2017
- Jan 23, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 32cm
Snowfall at base this season 479cm
Posted on Monday 23rd January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It was a beautiful day yesterday and the popular ski resorts were indeed extremely popular by all accounts - it was going to be the case after all that snow last week, and of course being a Sunday in peak season.
This morning the snow is back. And in style too, with 32cm (and counting) of fresh snowfall measured just now in town, and this being reported by the ski resorts:
Kagura: 30-40cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 30-40cm
A very nice new layer... with more on the way, because it's going to be snowing through today and tomorrow - and heavily at times.
It looks like strong winds are affecting Kagura with a few top lifts there on hold at the start of the day. They'll get those moving if the wind situation improves. All other ski resorts are open.
This snow storm should ease off around Wednesday with nice sunny skies currently forecast for Thursday.
Let's see how much snow falls today. Will report the latest tomorrow morning.
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Official snow depth information as of Monday 23rd January 2017
Some resorts have not yet updated their numbers as this report was posted and so unchanged.
GALA Yuzawa
The South Area has re-opened; all areas now open.
Official snow depth: 280cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 240cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 190cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 260cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 320cm
Mitsumata - 290cm
Tashiro - 270cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 250cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 270cm
Base - 150cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 290cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 210cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 255cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 270cm
Base - 190cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 190cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 23rd January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 479cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 333cm reported on 16 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.