Yuzawa Now: Thursday 23rd November 2017
- Nov 23, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 25, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 14cm
Posted on Thursday 23rd November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Yuzawa.
Not the nicest of weather conditions for this first day of the ski season in Yuzawa.
We have had some heavy rainfall overnight and it is still raining now here in town. It is also noticeably milder. Unfortunately quite a bit of that thin layer of snow that we had around town has been washed away. Though not to worry at all of course when we remember that it is still only 23rd November.
So, today is the first day of the season at the Kagura resort and sadly it's even raining up there early on. Looks quite foggy too with limited visibility at the start of the day. The resort is reporting 110cm of snow at Kagura and 60cm at the Mitsumata area - that must surely be a record for recent years.
Here's the lifts are operating at Kagura today:
- Kagura Ropeway
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad
- Mitsumata Number 3 romance lift
- Kagura Gondola
- Kagura Number 1 quad
- Kagura Number 4 romance lift
In addition, moving forward:
- Kagura Number 1 romance lift --- scheduled to be operating on weekends
- Kagura Number 3 romance lift --- scheduled to be operating at busy times
Most of the runs at Kagura and Mitsumata are open and they've even got some park items going by the Kagura Number 1 romance lift.
Great to see so much able to open on the first day, just a pity about the weather conditions.
Hopefully there'll be more fresh natural snowfall over the next few days, though don't be surprised at more rain in town.
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Planned ski resort opening dates:
TODAY
Kagura (via Mitsumta)
Saturday 9th December 2017
Iwappara
Kagura (via Tashiro)
Naeba
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 15th December 2017
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 16th December 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Kandatsu Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Thursday 21st December 2017
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Friday 22nd December 2017
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Ipponsugi
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
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Data as of Thursday 23rd November 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 14cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 5cm (19th and 20th November) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 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.