Yuzawa Now: Sunday 24th March 2019
- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 1014cm
Posted on Sunday 24th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Well how about this then!?
This morning Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10-20cm of fresh snow on their slopes. Kagura are reporting 15cm. We have just measured between 5-9cm in different areas around town level, with our trusted spot showing 7cm.
That is a very nice late March surprise.
It is just snowing very lightly right now and should be easing off sometime this morning. Quite cold and hanging around zero for now, won't warm up much.
Tomorrow - back to sunshine and milder conditions with a high of around 10C in the afternoon.
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Today is the last day of the season for the Muikamachi Hakkaisan resort.
Two small ski hills to the north of Yuzawa (Hakkai Sanroku and Itsukamachi) have already closed.
The planned closing dates for all of the ski resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region have been updated below. Hopefully they will all be able to remain open as originally planned... the snow today will help!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 240cm (official snow depth)
- The lift connection between the North Area and Ishiuchi Maruyama resort is now closed
Iwappara
- 130cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura: 270cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata Area: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro Area: 250cm (official snow depth)
Kandatsu Kogen
- 200cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 170cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 150cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 200cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 100cm (official snow depth)
- Ropeway connection between the top area and the South Area of the GALA Yuzawa resort is now closed
Yuzawa Park
- 140cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 150cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Top: 180cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 120cm (official snow depth)
- The lift connection between the top area and the North Area of GALA Yuzawa resort is now closed
Joetsu Kokusai
- 180cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 50cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 220cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 24th March 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1014cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 523cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 190cm reported on 14 days March 2019 snowfall 46cm reported on 5 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.