Yuzawa Now: Monday 25th December 2017
- Dec 25, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 151cm
Posted on Monday 25th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and Merry Christmas.
I'd rather not have to report this morning because it's raining. And pretty heavily at times too overnight. You might notice that the official snow depth info from resorts have generally been going down over the last few days.
The good news that I can give you is that it is snowing at higher elevations and the rain should turning into snow down to town sometime during the day today. And then snow is forecast over the next few days, so we should be on the receiving end of quite a lot in the coming days. We all know how quickly things can transform with a storm that lasts a few days; let's hope that what we are about to get is one of them.
For today though - it's not very appealing out there and while lots of people around town now, I expect many will be put off and taking an onsen instead.
If you are still keen to get out there, Kagura is only open up to the Number 1 romance lift and the Tashiro area is closed for the day due to the weather conditions. GALA Yuzawa are also saying that the forecast strong winds today may well affect lift/gondola operations.
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Updated: Monday 25th December 2017
** Official snow depths (where available) and resort specific information
Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open.
The sledding area is also open.
- 110cm
Ipponsugi
- 50cm
Iwappara
- Iwappara is open with the central and upper area available (4 lifts and 12 courses). Nighta until 8pm.
- 50cm
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January.
- Kagura area: 180cm
- Mitsumata area: 120cm
- Tashiro area: 140cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open.
- 90cm
Naeba
Most of Naeba is now open.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating.
- Base: 70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available.
- 65cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open.
- Top: 90cm
- Base: 30cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating
- 60cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with the four lifts operating.
- 40cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open.
- 80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available.
- 90cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open.
Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December.
- Top: 85cm
- Base: 20cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Most of Hakkaisan is now open.
- 120cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 25th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm reported on 10 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.