Yuzawa Now: Friday 25th December 2020
- Dec 25, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this seas 384cm
Posted on Friday 25th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and Merry Christmas. Santa is here in Yuzawa and can probably be found at a few ski areas during the day.
Beautiful sunny blue skies again in the morning yesterday but by mid afternoon it had gradually changed into a more grey overcast kind of feel.
Overnight I was woken up by the sound of rain - nooooo! - but I am happy to report that it is snowing. Not a whole lot just yet but we can expect snowfall during the day today and tomorrow. It is thankfully going to remain colder today, though not super cold.
Today sees the Muikamachi Hakkaisan resort as well as a few other ski areas planning to be open.
A few changes from other ski areas too with more of Joetsu Kokusai opening up and the two Nagamine quad lifts at Maiko starting their season.
A much larger part of Naeba is now open. They have their Number 2 Gondola operating as well as the upper Takenokodaira pair lift which opens up quite a few more runs over there.
More of Tashiro is now open (up to the Number 6 pair lift) but Tashiro and Kagura are not yet connected.
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GALA Yuzawa
Operating lifts:
- Diligence Gondola
- Barouche quad lift
- Sociable quad lift
- Coach pair lift
- Phaeton pair lift
- Victoria quad lift
Courses open:
- Central Area (all open except Edelweiss)
- North Area (Broadway, Super Broadway, Swan and Super Swan open)
Official snow depth:
- 250cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Operating lifts:
- 5 lifts and 15 courses open
Official snow depth:
- Central area: 240cm
- Base area: 170cm
Iwappara
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 pair
- Number 3 pair
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Open lifts & courses:
- 8 lifts and 12 courses
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
Kagura
Operating lifts:
- Mitsumata Ropeway
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad lift
- Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair lift
- Kagura Gondola
- Kagura Number 1 high speed lift
- Tashiro Ropeway
- Tashiro Number 1 romance lift
- Tashiro Number 2 romance lift
- Tashiro Number 1 high speed lift
- Tashiro Number 6 romance lift
Courses open:
- Most of Mitsumata and Kagura Areas open and a large part of Tashiro now open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 210cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Operating lifts:
- A, C and E lifts
Official snow depth:
- 200cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Operating lifts:
- Gondola
- Nagamine Number 1 quad
- Nagamine Number 2 quad
- Okusoeji quad
- Okusoeji pair
Courses open:
- 12 courses in top area and Nagamine area
Official snow depth:
- 240cm (top)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
- 260cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Operating lifts:
- All lifts operating
Courses open:
- All main courses apart from Course E open
Official snow depth:
- 230cm
Naeba
Operating lifts:
- Prince Number 2 Gondola
- Number 5 high speed lift
- Number 4 pair lift
- Number 3 high speed lift
- Takenokodaira pair lift
Courses open:
- 12 of 22 courses open
Official snow depth:
- 120cm (top)
- 100cm (base)
Yuzawa Kogen
Operating lifts:
- Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway
- Cosmos
- Kogen Express
Yuzawa Nakazato
Operating lifts:
- Number 2 romance lift
- Number 3 romance lift
Official snow depth:
- 240cm
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 25th December 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 384cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 384cm 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.