Yuzawa Now: Thursday 23rd March 2017
- Mar 23, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 934cm
Posted on Thursday 23rd March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Yuzawa.
It's really nice to see a layer of snow on the ground and on top of the car this morning... around 3-5cm around town areas, with more on the slopes as you go higher.
Here is what resorts are reporting:
Kagura (Kagura Area and Mitsumata Area) - 10cm
Kagura (Tashiro) - 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort - 10-15cm
There's a lot of cloud around still, but things look like they might be clearing up and the sun is starting to show through.
So it should be a good early morning with that fresh snow to play in. Still a chance of more snow tonight and tomorrow as well according to the forecasts.
Things should clear up for the weekend with fine weather currently forecast.
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Official snow depth information as of Thursday 23rd March 2017
Some numbers not updated for today at the time of this report
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 350cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 230cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 155cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 230cm
Kagura
Official snow depth: Kagura - 380cm; Mitsumata - 330cm; Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 295cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth: Upper - 295cm; Base - 110cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 280cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 240cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 205cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth: Top - 240cm; Base - 140cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 135cm
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Planned 'Nighta' operations (floodlit night skiing)
** Subject to change due to snow and weather conditions
Kandatsu Kogen
'Hobo All Night' ('Almost All Night' from 6pm-4am) is on Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays until 1st April 2017. Spring nighta (6pm-10pm) on Saturdays and nighta before holidays from 7th April until 22nd April
Naeba
Daily until 26th March 2017
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Planned season closing dates
** This information is subject to change due to snow and weather conditions. We will be checking and updating these dates as more information becomes available.
Sunday 26th March:
- Muikamachi Hakkai-san
Sunday 2nd April:
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Nakazato
- Yuzawa Park
Sunday 9th April:
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Maiko Snow Resort
- NASPA Ski Garden
Sunday 7th May:
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro)
- Kandatsu Kogen
- Naeba (daily until 2nd April; weekends only 3rd-28th April; daily from 29th April)
Sunday 28th May:
- Kagura area (via Mitsumata)
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 23rd March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 934cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 267cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 51cm reported on 9 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.