Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 24th December 2025
- Dec 24, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 97cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We have some early morning rain, hoping it will ease off this morning.
GALA Yuzawa is going to be closed all of today due to forecast winds. And also only the Mitsumata Area of Kagura ski area will be open today (Tashiro and main Kagura Area closed).
Yuzawa Kogen is, at time of writing, checking and so unclear if it will open this morning. As is Ishiuchi Maruyama.
There may be other changes at the other ski areas that are open.
Things feel rather... unexciting... right now. But our current situation is not unique. At times like this it is worth remembering that the situation can change very quickly... and often does. If Friday brings us the snow that is on the forecasts, everything will hopefully look much different come Saturday. Let's keep that in mind and look forward to it. And perhaps at the same time let's try not to focus too much just on Friday - just in case it doesn't live up to the expectation!
It is worth noting that as well as the snow, strong winds are also forecast for Friday. That may well disrupt lifts, but the good from that is that it sounds like the day is going to bring us some proper blizzard-like conditions. And we need that. (Well, the snow, anyway).
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GALA Yuzawa
CLOSED TODAY
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
40cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Part open
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Sunrise Express gondola
Kita Maruyama Family pair lift
Green Lift
Courses scheduled to be open:
2 beginner runs
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Joetsu Kokusai
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
25cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
4 lifts
Courses scheduled to be open:
3 courses
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Kagura
Mitsumata and Tashiro bases now open
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 60cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
4 of 18 lifts
Courses scheduled to be open:
3 of 30 courses
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Part open
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
A Lift (pair)
B Lift (quad)
C Lift (quad)
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 50cm
Base: 5cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Ropeway
Number 3 pair
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Naeba
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 60cm
Base: 30cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
6 of 12
Including Dragondola connecting Naeba with the Tashiro Area of Kagura
Courses scheduled to be open:
10 of 24 courses
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Yuzawa Kogen
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 30cm
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway
Cosmos pair lift
Summit panorama lift
Courses scheduled to be open:
Cosmos
Kisuge (upper)
Panorama
Aoikeshi (ungroomed)
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Yuzawa Park
Part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 5cm (!)
Lifts scheduled to be operating:
Number 7 lift
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Here are the planned opening dates for ski areas around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma.
All dates are subject to change and will depend on snowfall.
Delayed (and will open as soon as there is enough snow):
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Iwappara
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Nakazato Snow Wood
Thursday 25th December 2025:
Hakkai Sanroku
Chateau Shiozawa
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th December 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 97cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 21cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 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.