Yuzawa Now: Thursday 24th February 2022
- Feb 24, 2022
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1296cm
Posted on Thursday 24th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Another 15+cm during the day yesterday and another 18cm this morning on top of that. Kagura is reporting another 50cm since yesterday.
The snow these last few days has been relentless. But it seems that it is coming to a stop today. As of 7:30am there are actually some blue skies appearing to the north and the remaining snowfall is just light. It feels quite bright. Check out the image from Yuzawa Kogen below, looking north.
We might get some light snow continuing on and off, or maybe just increasingly clearer skies. It does look like beyond today generally clearer weather is forecast along with some milder/warmer conditions ahead of us. People are thinking that this last big snowfall will probably have been the last main event of this season. Just some regular top-ups from now would be just fine. (Locals getting very tired limbs).
Haven't had time to have a good look back at how this compares to other seasons yet, but having such huge amounts of snow and these massive snow walls at the end of February feels... different. Almost 13m of snowfall has been reported so far. A bit more snowfall and it will be the most that we have ever observed and recorded in our Yuzawa Now reports since keeping the full records in 2012. There will be time to look back and reflect soon - and some new ways to look at the information - on the upcoming new site.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth:
450cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
20cm since last night
Official snow depth:
480cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth:
375cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
340cm
Kagura
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
50cm since yesterday
Official snow depth:
Top: 400cm
Base: 320cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
410cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
10-20cm (since last night)
Official snow depth:
460cm (top)
320cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
390cm (top)
300cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth:
310cm (top)
260cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
430cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
420cm (top)
300cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
350cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
350cm
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Thursday 24th February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1296cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 101cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 481cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 494cm reported on 19 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.