Yuzawa Now: Sunday 24th April 2016
- Apr 24, 2016
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 424cm
Posted on Sunday 24th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It was lovely weather yesterday morning, with it almost feeling borderline 'hot' at times rising to a fair bit beyond 20 degrees.
Things got more cloudy during the afternoon and also cooled down a bit.
Early this morning it's bright but it looks very hazy out there as well as there being quite a bit of cloud around. It's forecast to be a fine day though with the sun shining. It shouldn't be warming up as much as yesterday today.
As mentioned yesterday, today is the last day of the season for GALA Yuzawa resort which means that from tomorrow just the Kagura resort will remain open in the region. Both the Mitsumata and Tashiro Ropeways remain operating, more details below.
And in Kagura news, they have announced that from today the Panorama Course and the lower part of the Technical Course are no longer open. They also mention the chance of other changes ahead...
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Upcoming Golden Week holidays:
* Friday 29th April - Sunday 1st May (3 day long weekend)
* Tuesday 3rd May - Thursday 5th May (3 day holiday mid-week)
* Saturday 7th May - Sunday 8th May (normal weekend)
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Resorts that remain open in Yuzawa on Sunday 24th April 2016:
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa resort have announced that they will remain open until today, Sunday 24th April.
The Melody course - with artificial 'snow mats' - and sledging area remain open.
Note that skiing and snowboarding on natural snow is now no longer possible at GALA.
Kagura
The Tashiro Ropeway and area plans to be open until 8th May.
The Kagura area via Mitsumata Ropeway plans to be open until 29th May.
The Mitsumata area is now used only as a 'connecting course' to get to and from the main Kagura area with just a bit of natural snow remaining, under which is the artificial 'snow brush'.
Most of the main Kagura and Tashiro courses remain open with natural snow but some are now getting rather narrow.
Yesterday was the last day of the season for the Panorama Course and lower part of the Technical Course.
Note that today is the last day of the season for the top Kagura Number 5 pair lift.
Official snow depth:
Kagura area: 160cm
Tashiro area: 130cm
Mitsumata area: -cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th April 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 424cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 38cm reported on 5 days April 2016 snowfall 0cm |
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.