Yuzawa Now: Thursday 24th December 2015
- Dec 24, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 19cm
Posted on Thursday 24th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning, and things remain generally a bit wet this morning with temperatures somewhere about the same as well... dropping to about 5C overnight and a high of about 10C expected today. Hopefully it might clear up a bit like it did yesterday for a while and indeed cloud is the forecast for the day.
So is tomorrow the start of the snow? We're still hoping. There may be some more rain to get through before it turns to snow but later in the day all being well snow will be falling down to town. And that will be the start of a run of a few days of snow.
Kagura remains the biggest skiable area open with both the Ropeways open and the connecting courses as well. Please note that the Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is not yet open with only limited parts of Naeba open at the moment.
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If you look back at the report archives you will remember the incredible snowfall that we enjoyed last year in December - 559cm of it, here in town! The year before the same number for December was 131cm of snowfall during the month. This month so far we are on a pretty sad sounding 19cm. There's a lot of catching up to do. It's important to note of course that last year was something of a 'special' December and so far this month is proving to be 'special' on the other end of the stick.
Let's see what this weekend brings us!
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Resorts that are now at least part open (Thursday 24th December 2015) - subject to change:
Kagura
Most of Kagura is now open.
Both Ropeways (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open and you can ski or snowboard from one to the other.
The only areas now closed at Kagura seem to be the very top pair lift, one of the main Mitsumata slopes and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base.
Naeba
Lower Number 4 and 5 courses are open (with the help of artificial snow) and the upper Takenokodaira course is open (100% natural snow).
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is part open - the Melody and part of the Entertainment courses in the main Central Area are open.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Technical course and Rakuraku A courses open with just two pair lifts operating (one to get to the open area).
Resorts on standby to open as soon as there is enough snow to open:
Ipponsugi
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Iwappara
Kagura (Tashiro)
Kandatsu Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Kogen
Planning to open on Thursday 24th December:
Chateau Shiozawa
Planning to open on Friday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Planning to open on Saturday 26th December:
Itsukamachi
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview
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Data as of Thursday 24th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 19cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 19cm reported on 2 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.