Yuzawa Now: Saturday 23rd January 2021
- Jan 23, 2021
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 732cm
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Well, we weren't able to avoid some rain for a time yesterday but it was clearer skies by evening.
This morning it is an all round grey and cloudy start to the day with something of a damp feel with spots of rain in places. A cloudy day is what forecasts are saying the day. Perhaps some snow overnight if we are lucky (some more rain particularly in lower areas if we are not).
So here we are at a weekend once again. Yuzawa Park is back up and running for the weekend, Iwappara is open from base to top, and some other ski lifts that were rested during this last week will be operating again. It will be interesting to see how many people are around this weekend.
With Kagura, Naeba and Muikamachi Hakkaisan still closed and other ski areas scaled down in this last week, it looked like the ski areas that remained fully open were benefiting from that. Obviously with less choice available skiers were going to check them out and we had a few really great days of weather.
Obviously we would so much prefer for everywhere to be fully open every day, as normal, and are really looking forward to hopefully being able to say that again soon.
Hope you have a good weekend.
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses are open
Official snow depth:
300cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 260cm
Iwappara
Base to summit areas open
Official snow depth:
220cm
Joetsu Kokusai
13 courses open in the main Nagamine and Panorama areas
Official snow depth:
250cm
Kagura
Currently closed
Kandatsu Snow Resort
All areas open
Official snow depth:
200cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 275cm
Base: 180cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses open
Official snow depth:
225cm
Naeba
Currently closed
Yuzawa Kogen
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
300cm
Yuzawa Park
Number 1, 7 and 8 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
160cm
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Various changes to operations at various ski areas at the moment:
GALA Yuzawa:
The Sociable lift will be closed on weekdays for the time being, with slightly earlier closing times. These lift changes will not affect the ski runs that are open.
Iwappara:
On weekdays only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara will be open. This change is planned until 10th February. Weekends unchanged.
Kagura:
The Tashiro Area is closed 16th-17th January; all areas of Kagura will be closed from Monday 18th January until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
Joetsu Kokusai:
The Atema and Osawa areas are currently closed for the time being. On weekdays the area in front of the hotel is open. The Panorama area is open on weekends (and apparently might be open on certain weekdays). These changes planned until 10th February.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed and will closed be until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
Naeba:
Closed from Monday 18th January until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
NASPA Ski Garden:
The Number 3 lift will be rested on weekends but all courses will remain available. The Number 2 and 3 lifts will be rested on weekdays, when the C course will be closed (all other courses open). This change is planned until 7th February.
Yuzawa Park:
Yuzawa Park will be closed Mondays through Thursdays until 19th February (though during that period it will be open on Monday 25th January).
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Saturday 23rd January 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 732cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 279cm reported on 12 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.