Yuzawa Now: Monday 24th February 2025
- Feb 24, 2025
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1156cm
Posted on Monday 24th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we got to enjoy some spells when clouds parted and we saw some blue sky and sunshine, but the snow clouds soon get back to doing their thing and giving us more fresh.
As a result, another 17cm to report since yesterday morning.
Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 15cm fresh overnight. Talking about that ski area, a friend of mine headed out to Maiko yesterday morning (before 10am) and was turned away... the car parks were completely full.
Other popular ski areas were very busy too, as you might expect on the middle day of the long weekend. Today might still be busy (national holiday) but probably less so, particularly in the afternoon.
Right now there are a lot of very tired people around. Some need to get up early to shovel themselves out of their homes in a morning, only to help out (or it be part of their work) with similar duties during the daytime... and then do some more when they get home. Everything takes more time. It has been pretty relentless this month and in such times it is not the easiest day-to-day routine. Lift closures, busy lines and the like can be annoying for visitors, but the people working for the ski areas are doing their best to cope. (Ski areas don't close lifts on busy national holidays for fun. They want them open). Please try to give them a smile, it might help them through the day! :)
Oh yes, it is still snowing (lightly) this morning.
But after all these days of continued snowfall, it really is going to stop sometime soon - either later today or overnight. From then, we can expect at least a handful of days featuring quite a lot of sunshine and milder conditions. (If the forecasts are right, of course).
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Ski area information for Monday 24th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
470cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
460cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
335cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
450cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 550cm
Base: 480cm
Top Kagura Number 5 lift closed due to snow conditions
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
445cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 475cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 510cm
Base: 290cm
Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 380cm
Base: 280cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
420cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Base: 330cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to too much snow
The downhill course is also not currently available
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
465cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
350cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Monday 24th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1156cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 518cm reported on 21 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.