Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 25th December 2019
- Dec 25, 2019
- 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 25cm
Posted on Wednesday 25th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and Happy Christmas!
We would all prefer much more snow, of course, but what can you do! I promise to be chirpy and cheerful this morning!
It was trying to snow at times during the day yesterday down in town (more successfully snowing higher up and I noticed over at Naeba too), though it never really got going so while there was probably a few more cm at higher elevations there is none to report at town base.
It is a beautiful clear and sunny Christmas morning. There is layer of frost on the car windscreen and a moderate southerly wind.
Just taking a moment to take in the beauty of our mountains.
Good news this morning is that GALA Yuzawa is opening their Melody and Entertainment courses this morning - so you can ski and snowboard at GALA again now. They are reporting 30cm of snow; so it's not deep and there may be bushes. But it's open and available!
Yuzawa Kogen is operating the Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway and they have a sledding play area open but note that there are no skiing or snowboarding courses open there yet.
Have yourself a merry day wherever you may be.
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Currently open:
GALA Yuzawa
- GALA Yuzawa is part open
- The Gondola, Phaeton pair lift and Sociable quad lift are operating
- The Melody and Entertainment courses are open for skiing and snowboarding
- The sledding area will also be open
Kagura
- A large part of Kagura is now open
- The Mitsumata and Tashiro Ropeways are now both operating
- The Kagura Area and Tashiro Area lift/course connection is now open
- Access to the main Kagura Area is now available from both the Mitsumata Area and Tashiro Area
Naeba
- Part open
- Lower base slope and top Takenokodaira run open
- Prince Number 2 Gondola and three lifts operating
Yuzawa Kogen
- The Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway is operating and a sledding area is open
- Yuzawa Kogen is not yet open for skiing or snowboarding
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Other planned opening dates - subject to change of course depending on weather/snow conditions.
As soon as there is enough snow
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ipponsugi
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Maiko Snow Resort
- Muica Snow Resort
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Nakazato Snow Wood
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Nakazato
- Yuzawa Park
Wednesday 25th December 2019
- Itsukamachi
Thursday 26th December 2019
- Chateau Shiozawa
Saturday 28th December 2019
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Wednesday 25th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 25cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 13cm 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.