Yuzawa Now: Saturday 24th December 2022
- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this seas 34cm
Posted on Saturday 24th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow started before it got light and there was some thunder and lightning too.
As of 9am, just 5cm or so (of rather wet snow) around town areas. Kagura is also reporting just 5cm, which is perhaps a surprise.
So it's not yet the full-on blizzard conditions that we know so well in these parts.
It is quite windy, though, and due to the wind the Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed and the gondola at Naeba is on hold, though they have a few lower lifts opening. At the start of the day only the Mitsumata quad is open.
More of GALA Yuzawa is open this morning, including the top run and part of the Northern Area.
Joetsu Kokusai, to the north of Yuzawa, also has more opening up too - they now have 10 lifts operating and 9 courses open.
In other news, Maiko Snow Resort and Kandatsu are both saying that they hope to open from tomorrow (Sunday).
There may well be other news later on today. We will be checking available information and update this report by this evening.
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Update
There hasn't been much snow during the day, though more as you were higher up. More on that tomorrow. Winds are forecast for tomorrow again, and Tashiro has already said that it will be closed. So while that may change, for the moment, Tashiro is not planning on being open on 25th December.
OK so here's the news we have regarding the status of various ski areas in the region.
It is good to report that the Muikamachi Hakkaisan, Hakkai Sanroku and Muica Snow Resort ski areas have all been able to open. They are all in the northern region of Minamiuonuma, so it just goes to show how there really has been snowfall not far away, north of the Yuzawa valley. The snow clouds are still being uncharacteristically shy regarding visiting our region.
Kandatsu Snow Resort plans to be part open from 7am tomorrow morning.
Maiko Snow Resort is going to make a decision about if they can open or not in the early morning tomorrow - not enough snow yet, so hoping for more overnight.
Chateau Shiozawa will open on Monday 26th.
Iwappara, NASPA Ski Garden and Yuzawa Park are hoping that they will be able to open on Monday, while Yuzawa Nakazato and Ishiuchi Maruyama are not mentioning a specific date.
Ipponsugi is aiming for Tuesday 27th to open.
Yuzawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Saturday 24th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 34cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (20th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 34cm reported on 8 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.