Yuzawa Now: Thursday 25th February 2021
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1092cm
Posted on Thursday 25th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
More incoming fresh snow yesterday and overnight, measuring 9cm in total.
Here's how much fresh snowfall ski areas are reporting this morning:
Kagura: 10cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm
Maiko Snow Report: 10cm
Iwappara: 5cm
Naeba: 5cm
Early morning there has been a lot of cloud around but it is becoming brighter and there are some breaks in the cloud with blue sky starting to appear in places. We are expecting a calm day of clearer skies and sunshine. It has been a chilly start, but thankfully it won't be warming up as much as last weekend - probably to a high of around 2-3C in town.
For the moment the forecast for tomorrow is generally cloudy, with a chance of some (light) snowfall overnight into Saturday. That would be a good start to the weekend...
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses open
Official snow depth:
360cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 320cm
Iwappara
Number pair 2 lift is open today
Official snow depth:
255cm
Joetsu Kokusai
4 lifts and 8 courses in the Nagamine and Panorama areas
Official snow depth:
290cm
Kagura
Open as planned this morning
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 290cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (D lift and two courses closed)
Official snow depth:
260cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 215cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Muikamachi Hakkaisan will re-open on Saturday 27th February
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from Course C open
Official snow depth:
290cm
Naeba
6 lifts (including Number 2 Gondola) and 15 courses scheduled to open
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 150cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Base and Kogen areas both plan to open
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
230cm
Yuzawa Park
Normally closed on weekdays at the moment
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas:
Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
Updated: Wednesday 24th February
GALA Yuzawa:
All courses are scheduled to be open every day. On weekdays the Sociable lift will be closed for the time being.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
On weekdays, the Green Lift and Chuo triple lifts are closed for the time being.
Iwappara:
On weekdays, only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara is open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends.
Base to summit areas are open on weekends.
Joetsu Kokusai:
On weekdays the main area in front of the hotel and (at least part of) Panorama area are open.
The Osawa area will be open on 27th-28th February.
Otherwise, the Atema and Osawa areas are closed for the time being.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Re-opening on Saturday 27th February!
NASPA Ski Garden:
All lifts and courses are open on weekends.
The Number 2 and 3 lifts are rested on weekdays, when all courses but C will be open.
This change is planned until 7th March.
Yuzawa Park:
Closed on the following dates:
Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th February
Monday 1st; Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th; Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th March
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1092cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 284cm reported on 13 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.