Yuzawa Now: Monday 25th January 2016
- Jan 25, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 209cm
Posted on Monday 25th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday saw what was surely the most full-on winter conditions we have had this season so far.
Heavy snow was falling for lots of the day and some blustery winds as well especially in the afternoon. I cleared a good 15cm off my measuring area yesterday evening and overnight there has been more snow with another 9cm added (somewhat less than we were actually expecting overnight), so I make that 24cm since my report yesterday morning.
Interestingly Kagura are reporting 10cm and Maiko report 5-15cm. With those numbers I can only think they are leaving out what fell yesterday as there has certainly been more than that since yesterday afternoon!
When I say 'lots of the day' above, there was this one curious period late morning when the clouds cleared up quite a lot - we even had blue skies - and we thought that might be the end of the snow for the day... but happily it started up again quite quickly and got heavy.
It has been snowing this morning and still is, though just as I write this report things it is lighter and it's actually quite bright. Perhaps it will be similar to yesterday and the heavy snow will be back quickly - it is on the forecast for the day.
It's fantastic to see some decent amounts of snow fall of course and fingers crossed we will get more today.
The chances of a clear and sunny day tomorrow are high - being here tomorrow should be excellent timing.
Temperatures do look like they are going to creep up somewhat higher later in the week and there's chance of some rain as well which doesn't sound very good. Hopefully we'll avoid that.
For now though, fresh snow to play in and some fine to excellent conditions to be found.
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Checking around resorts early on it seems that Tashiro area of Kagura will be closed due to wind up there. Kagura via Mitsumata will be open at the beginning of the day up to Kagura Number 1 pair lift.
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Resort official snow depths (Monday 25th January 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
All resorts in the area are now open - and they are now 'mostly' open with just a few steeper courses still unavailable. All slopes have enjoyed a decent refresh of snow over the last few days.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
150cm
The South Area is now part open and downhill Falcon course is also open
Ishiuchi Maruyama
120cm
Iwappara
100cm
Joetsu Kokusai
110cm
Kagura
110cm (Mitsumata)
140cm (Tashiro)
170cm (Kagura)
Tashiro is closed today
Kagura open via Mitsumata to the Number 1 pair lift
Kandatsu Kogen
100-110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
130cm (upper)
60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
100cm
Naeba
100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
95cm
Yuzawa Kogen
110cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
85cm
Yuzawa Park
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Monday 25th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 209cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 117cm reported on 16 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.