Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
- Jan 23, 2019
- 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 631cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
On some days the snow seems to build up quickly almost without you noticing and on others it snows and you are puzzled when there's not as much as you thought. Yesterday was one of the latter - I was surprised that there was only 9cm to clear off the measuring point at 5pm. This morning there was around another 2cm on there, so 11cm in total to report since yesterday morning.
This morning has started off with fine mostly clear skies and some sun shining down on Yuzawa but it is already looking like clouds might be starting to move in. Forecasts have us down for some spells of fine sunny weather this morning but just how long it will last remains to be seen.
It has been a fairly chilly start to the day but temps are forecast to rise somewhat today - maybe as high as around +6C this afternoon - but it is due to be snowing again by tonight and through tomorrow and it should be once again getting colder.
Feels quite windy but all resorts appear to be planning on opening as normal.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 350m (official snow depth)
Iwappara
- 205cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura area: 300cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 250cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 280cm (official snow depth)
- Note: info not updated for a few days
Kandatsu Kogen
- 255cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 180cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 300cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 250cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 170cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Park
- 210cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 185cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 300cm (official snow depth)
Joetsu Kokusai
- 240cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 310cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 170cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 240cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 631cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 376cm reported on 17 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.