Yuzawa Now: Friday 24th May 2019
- May 24, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 25, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1042cm
Posted on Friday 24th May 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It has been a pretty hot day out there in the sun and it is looking like the weekend is going to be hotter still - prepare yourself for temperatures reaching 30C and perhaps even above that in town... it makes you want to escape up to higher on the mountains!
With these hot conditions it is sometimes hard to believe that Kagura is still open, but it is! That main bare patch on the main slope is getting larger each day but there's still pretty good snow cover up there for the final weekend. The webcam images below are from lunchtime today.
And this weekend is of course the two days of the official ski season in Yuzawa with the Kagura resort open tomorrow and Sunday. The first Ropeway of the day will be at 7:30am on both days.
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The main course at Kagura remains open to ski or board on - all of the other courses are now closed.
Planned lift operating times are updated below.
To get back down from the Kagura area at the end of the day you firstly need to take the Kagura Gondola. From the Kagura Gondola base station you have two choices...
* Choice 1:
Either take the Mitsumata Number 2 romance lift and then ski/board down the artificial 'snow mats' on the Mitsumata course directly to the Mitsumata Ropeway top station.
* Choice 2:
If you don't want to use the snow mats take the Mitsumata Number 2 romance lift, walk about 170m over to the top of the Mitsumata quad lift, ride that lift down and then walk about 230m over to the Mitsumata Ropeway top station.
The resort is offering a 'carrier service' to take gear between the Kagura Gondola base station and the Mitsumata Ropeway top station to help out if you decide to walk.
Either way, you then need to take the Mitsumata Ropeway back down to base and the car park.
Note that about 900m of walking is required if you want to avoid the snow mats on the way over to Kagura. (The good news is that all of that is in a downward direction).
Enjoy it if you go!
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Planned operations for the last weekend
Kagura
Planned operating lifts at Kagura:
- Mitsumata Ropeway [7:30am until 5:00pm - last one up at 2:30pm]
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad lift [7:30am until 2:45pm]
- Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift [9:30am until 4:30pm]
- Kagura Gondola [7:45am until 4:00pm - last one up at 3:00pm]
- Kagura Number 1 quad lift [8:00am until 3:45pm]
- Kagura Number 1 romance pair lift [9:00am until 3:45pm]
Planned open courses at Kagura:
- 1,500m Kagura main course remains open
- All other courses are now closed
Information:
- Kagura plans to be open until Sunday (26th May)
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All other ski resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region are now closed for the season.
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 24th May 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1042cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 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 50cm reported on 6 days April 2019 snowfall 24cm reported on 4 days May 2019 snowfall 0cm |
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.