Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 24th December 2019
- Dec 24, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 25cm
Posted on Tuesday 24th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snow down to town level this morning.... just about.
Kagura are reporting 15cm of fresh snowfall; Naeba are reporting 10-15cm; there's just a few cm of so down to town areas.
(Just for the record. It was rain last night so glad that it turned into snow. I've totally had my fill of rain for this year. It's starting to get really annoying.)
We are forecast sunshine tomorrow and milder temperatures again, but you all want really promising news and so:
HEAVY snowfall looks due for Friday. If Nature co-operates and the forecasts are right, it should be enough for ski resorts to open up.
For the moment and as far as I can tell, resort operations remain unchanged this morning. We will be checking once this report goes up and will update if there is anything to add.
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Currently open:
GALA Yuzawa
- GALA Yuzawa is open - but only for sightseeing, sledding and kanjiki (snow shoe) tours
- It is not open for skiing/snowboarding yet
Kagura
- A large part of Kagura is now open
- The Mitsumata and Tashiro Ropeways are now both operating
- The Kagura Area and Tashiro Area lift/course connection is now open
- Access to the main Kagura Area is now available from both the Mitsumata Area and Tashiro Area
- The Mitsumata Area course is used as a connecting area
Naeba
- Part open
- Lower base slope and top Takenokodaira run open
- Prince Number 2 Gondola and three lifts operating
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Other planned opening dates - subject to change of course depending on weather/snow conditions.
As soon as there is enough snow
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ipponsugi
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Maiko Snow Resort
- Muica Snow Resort
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Nakazato Snow Wood
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Nakazato
- Yuzawa Park
Wednesday 25th December 2019
- Itsukamachi
Thursday 26th December 2019
- Chateau Shiozawa
Saturday 28th December 2019
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 24th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 13cm reported on 5 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.