Yuzawa Now: Sunday 25th December 2022
- Dec 25, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this seas 40cm
Posted on Sunday 25th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
First of all... Happy Christmas!
We won't dwell on the curious early season weather we are experiencing this Christmas Day. We will post a few more thoughts about that in tomorrow's report.
For this morning, a look at the weather since yesterday and ski area opening news.
First up, weather and snow. The great news is that Kagura is reporting a whopping 60cm of fresh snow this morning, presumably at the top. That's the kind of news we like to hear! So it sounds like there should be some good snow to find in higher elevations this morning. (Note that the Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed today due to strong winds forecast).
In contrast, there still isn't much fresh to report down at town level.
Kandatsu Snow Resort and Maiko Snow Resort are both part open from this morning.
Other ski areas are eyeing tomorrow as their first day, and hopefully, we will get snow today and overnight to help them do that. Iwappara, NASPA Ski Garden and Yuzawa Park are all saying they hope that they will be able to open tomorrow, while Yuzawa Nakazato and Ishiuchi Maruyama are still not mentioning a specific date. They will all just open as soon as they can, basically.
We are due snow today and overnight, heavy at times. (Will the forecasts get it right this time?! Sure hope so!)
Have a fine day, wherever you are.
Update:
NASPA Ski Garden is going to be part open (Course F) from 1:00pm today (Sunday, 25th December).
Iwappara plans to have the Number 2 and 3 pair lifts and the Chuo quad lift open from tomorrow (Monday, 26th December).
Ishiuchi Maruyama also plans to be part open from tomorrow morning.
Yuzawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Sunday 25th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 40cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (20th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 40cm reported on 9 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.