Yuzawa Now: Thursday 25th December 2014
- Dec 25, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 497cm
Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and Merry Christmas!
It's a White Christmas too, with snow coming down very nicely at the moment.
First of all back to yesterday. Those early morning clouds lightened up and by mid morning there was some blue sky around and for a few hours before noon we enjoyed lots of sun and lots of blue sky. Lovely morning it turned out to be, and not cold either. The sun softened up the snow a bit too. More cloud just after lunch but it stayed generally fine for the day.
The photos on the report this morning were taken yesterday morning at the Joetsu Kokusai resort in Minamiuonuma.
So back to this morning and there's around 15cm or so of fresh snow on the top of my car.
Kagura reporting 30cm.
Naeba reporting 10-20cm.
Maiko Snow Resort reporting 20cm.
(By the way, someone asked why we only report the 'new snowfall' for a few resorts. Basically we want to post any useful information that we can find. Unfortunately lots of resorts don't mention the new snowfall every morning. If the info is available, we'll post it... as simple as that!)
It's not too cold, in town at least hovering around zero, and so definitely colder than yesterday. The forecast for today and tomorrow is basically... snow.
Once we get into the weekend some clearer skies are due and milder conditions as well.
Just to remind Kagura fans that the too Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift will be starting up for the season on New Years Day. Sounds good to me.
Fresh snow, so it should be good out there today.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
240cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
200cm
Iwappara:
155cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
170cm
Kagura:
230cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
180cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
190cm
Naeba:
150cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
182cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
200cm (Kogen)
150cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
130cm
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Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
All resorts not noted here are now at least part open.
Saturday 27th December:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Late December
Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 497cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 497cm reported on 13 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.