Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 25th February 2025
- Feb 25, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1175cm
Posted on Tuesday 25th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
11am update:
The early morning clouds did indeed clear, to leave us with lovely clear skies. The mountains look so beautiful this morning!
It is just under +3C in town at 11am.
Yuzawa Kogen is closed today as they see to some kind of electrical problem.
Original early report:
It has to be early report this morning (too early for news from ski areas).
Yesterday the snow continued for large parts of the day, though we did get a few spells of clearer skies and sun again in the afternoon.
Snowfall eased off overnight leaving us with another 19cm of snowfall since the report yesterday.
Today should be the start of a real break in the snowfall - to the relief of many! - with not much chance of snow (or much anyway) into next week. Perhaps some later tomorrow.
We are expecting some milder conditions as well this week, particularly around Friday and the weekend.
Early on this morning the skies are mostly cover by cloud, but the cloud is expected to part and leave us with sunny skies within a few hours.
Today it might get up to around 4 or 5C in town.
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Ski area information for Tuesday 25th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
470cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
470cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
335cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
460cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 550cm
Base: 480cm
Top Kagura Number 5 lift closed due to snow conditions
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
445cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 510cm
Base: 290cm
Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 380cm
Base: 280cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
420cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 480cm
Base: 330cm
Closed today
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
465cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
350cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Tuesday 25th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1175cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 537cm reported on 22 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.