Yuzawa Now: Sunday 24th January 2016
- Jan 24, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 185cm
Posted on Sunday 24th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was an interesting one. The snowfall eased off and the clouds were stubborn for most of the morning but around lunchtime we did get some blue skies and sunshine over Yuzawa with cloud moving back over later in the afternoon. And quite a clear evening with a beautiful moon.
This morning I got up around 7:30am and looked out of the window hoping to see heavy snow falling only to see.... calm and quite clear skies. Not again, was my first thought.
But soon after light snow started falling and now (9:15am) it is snowing heavily. It looks and feels like it is set in as well. Proper snow this time, it's really coming down. Brilliant! I'm logging 3cm so far since the snow started.
Kagura reported 1-2cm overnight and Maiko reported 0cm, but that was before this morning snow started and it if does continue like this today we should be on for some decent numbers by tomorrow. Exciting.
Forecasts do say it should be snow all today and most of tomorrow as well. They disagree somewhat on what will happen Tuesday but it could definitely be one of those clear sky days after a storm and the perfect time to be here. We'll see.
For now we want as much snow as possible out of this storm.
I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow morning.
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Resort official snow depths (Sunday 24th January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now open - and they are now 'mostly' open with just a few steeper courses still unavailable. Importantly, lower slopes have also enjoyed a decent refresh of snow over the last few days. But we still need more!
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
150cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
120cm
Iwappara
100cm
Joetsu Kokusai
110cm
Kagura
110cm (Mitsumata)
140cm (Tashiro)
170cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
100-110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
130cm (upper)
60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
100cm
Naeba
100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
95cm
Yuzawa Kogen
100cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
75cm
Yuzawa Park
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 185cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 93cm reported on 15 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.