Yuzawa Now: Saturday 25th February 2017
- Feb 25, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 883cm
Posted on Saturday 25th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Sorry for the later report but actually glad in a way because the weather has changed quite a bit over the last hour or so.
It was snowing quite heavily for a short while about an hour ago, but it didn't last long and it is all of a sudden much clearer just outside of Yuzawa to the north with very (very) light snow lazily falling from the sky in some places. It doesn't seem to be able to decide on what to do this morning...
Actually yesterday was a bit like that. Cloudy at times, bright at times, light snow at times and a few short periods of heavier snow. Didn't really add up to much though and I think I can just about award a cm to the report this morning. (Resorts themselves don't appear to be reporting any fresh snow).
Cloud and light snow tomorrow?
After that, some clearer skies are forecast over the coming week and there's not much in terms of fresh snowfall potential. Fingers crossed it doesn't warm up by much.
Look out for some fireworks at GALA Yuzawa this evening... base area from 5:45pm - and the last of these events at that resort for the season.
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Official snow depth information as of Saturday 25th February 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Upper part of $2,600,000 closed today due to avalanche danger. Otherwise open as planned.
Official snow depth: 370cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 260cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 215cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 280cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 380cm
Mitsumata - 330cm
Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 290cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 310cm
Base - 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 370cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 290cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 250cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 310cm
Base - 220cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 190cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 25th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 883cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 267cm reported on 19 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.