Yuzawa Now: Friday 24th February 2017
- Feb 24, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 882cm
Posted on Friday 24th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa and an improvement on yesterday, which turned out to be a proper wet and rainy day - in town anyway and I am hearing of wet conditions higher up too though it being wet snow in places. It was really belting it day at times. :(
But anyway, definitely better this morning with 11cm of fresh snow on the ground in town at our measuring point and here is what the 'resorts that report' are reporting:
Kagura: 15cm (20cm at Tashiro)
Maiko: 10-15cm
Not the driest of snow by any stretch of the imagination, but way better than rain that's for sure!
There was some quite noisy wind earlier on and indeed it looks like wind is affecting Kagura again. At the start of the day, Kagura is planning to open from the Mitsumata Ropeway up to the Kagura Number 1 pair lift. Other areas of Kagura are on a stand-by 'see how the weather goes' kind of status and might open if the wind situation improves.
It looks like all other ski resorts in the area are opening as planned this morning.
We can expect light snow for the day today and perhaps tomorrow morning too - though we probably shouldn't expect anything significant.
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Official snow depth information as of Friday 24th February 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Upper part of $2,600,000 closed today due to avalanche danger. Otherwise open as planned.
Official snow depth: 370cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 270cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 220cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 280cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 380cm
Mitsumata - 330cm
Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 295cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 310cm
Base - 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 370cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 290cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 240cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 310cm
Base - 220cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 190cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 24th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 882cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 266cm reported on 18 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.