Yuzawa Now: Thursday 25th January 2018
- Jan 25, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 57cm
Snowfall at base this season 533cm
Posted on Thursday 25th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It took a while to get going yesterday but come mid-afternoon the snow was really coming down hard... real Snow Country-style heavy snow.
The kind we really love and the kind where the snow piles up very quickly indeed. By the evening I measured 45cm of snowfall around my place with lots more being forecast to fall overnight.
So it was a bit of a surprise this morning that there was only an additional 12cm to record overnight. Perhaps the wind had something to do with it. But that's what I measured anyway, so the total for this report is 57cm of fresh snowfall since my report yesterday.
(By the way, don't expect official snow depths to increase by anything like that much. There are various reasons including snow compacting, grooming, etc. We'll make a comment on that kind of thing in an upcoming report).
Here is how much fresh snowfall ski resorts are reporting this morning:
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 40cm
Maiko Snow Resort: not saying yet
Right now it is snowing lightly and at times it has felt like it might even stop. But the forecast remains snowfall through until Saturday and perhaps beyond that. At least on and off, and hopefully heavily at times. So we should still be getting a lot more from this storm.
It is very cold this morning and there is a moderate wind blowing.
The wind is affecting operations at Kagura where only the Mitsumata area is going to be opening today. And I just noticed that Maiko are not opening their Gondola and top Okusoeji lifts as scheduled due to wind. Other ski resorts in Yuzawa appear to be opening as planned, but do keep an eye on the wind if you plan to be out.
[Update: Kagura open up until Kagura Number 1 pair lift as well as Mitsumata]
One thing is for sure: once this snow storm moves on and things calm down again, conditions should be transformed out on the mountains.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 240cm
Iwappara
- 150cm
Kagura
- Only the Mitsumata area will be open today (Thursday)
- Kagura area: 330cm
- Mitsumata area: 230cm
- Tashiro area: 280cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 230cm
Naeba
- 220cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 175cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 200cm
- Base: 150cm
Yuzawa Park
- 140cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 170cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 180cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 190cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 200cm
- Base: 110cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March
- 250cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 533cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 57cm (25th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 242cm 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.