Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 24th January 2017
- Jan 24, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 27cm
Snowfall at base this season 506cm
Posted on Tuesday 24th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
There was another 16cm of fresh snowfall during the day yesterday, and there is an additional 11cm on the ground this morning - making 27cm for my report this morning.
And here is how much fresh snow the resorts are reporting this morning:
Kagura: 30cm
Kagura (Mitsumata and Tashiro): 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 10-15cm
That's actually not as much as the forecast told us to expect (they were talking about up to 50cm!) but hopefully during the day today we'll be getting more. (We always like more). It is due to be snowing through the day today, though curiously there has been a short spell of clearer skies over the Minamiuonuma valley between 8am and 8:30am. I think the snow clouds will win though and I should have more to report to you tomorrow morning.
It looks like quite strong wind conditions are affecting top lifts at Kagura again but as far as I can tell other resorts appear to be opening up as normal this morning... though the South Area of GALA Yuzawa I am hearing is closed due to the heavy snowfall - that should re-open in the coming days (I will keep an eye on it and mention in the report).
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Official snow depth information as of Tuesday 24th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
The South Area has closed again due to the recent heavy snowfall. Central and North Areas remain open as normal.
Official snow depth: 300cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 240cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 200cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 270cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 320cm
Mitsumata - 290cm
Tashiro - 270cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 250cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 265cm
Base - 155cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 290cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 220cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 260cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 270cm
Base - 190cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 195cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 190cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 24th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 506cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 360cm reported on 17 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.