Yuzawa Now: Monday 25th March 2019
- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 1018cm
Posted on Monday 25th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was a real surprise - especially as snow was falling pretty much through the day, so there will have been more cm added on the slopes. I measured an additional 4cm of snowfall since the morning. It felt very much like winter once again and while I didn't get out skiing or snowboarding myself I heard some good reports from people who did. It's always good to have a 'bonus' like that in the late stages of the season.
This morning it's all change again with clear skies over Yuzawa (some cloud to the north in Minamiuonuma) and early morning sunshine. It's a chilly start. A bit windy too, but hopefully not enough to affect lift operations. I suggest checking as opening time approaches (sorry, we need to get the report posted early this morning so don't have any further info available to share at the time of this report).
While it is a cold start to the morning, milder temps are due today and tomorrow (up to around 10C in town) with lots of sunshine forecast.
It should be a good few days... and with the prospect of some further snow later in the week too!
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan closed at the end of yesterday. Interesting how that one always seems to close sooner than it needs to. They were still reporting over 2m or so of snow depth.
The Southern Area of the GALA Yuzawa resort is also now closed for the season - but the main Central and Northern Areas of GALA Yuzawa remain open as normal, and likely will be until early May.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 240cm (official snow depth)
- The Southern Area of the resort is now closed. The other areas remain open.
- The lift connections between GALA Yuzawa and Yuzawa Kogen and Ishiuchi Maruyama are now closed
Iwappara
- 130cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura: 270cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata Area: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro Area: 250cm (official snow depth)
Kandatsu Kogen
- 200cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 170cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 150cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 200cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 100cm (official snow depth)
- Ropeway connection between the top area and the South Area of the GALA Yuzawa resort is now closed
Yuzawa Park
- 140cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 150cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Top: 180cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 120cm (official snow depth)
- The lift connection between the top area and the North Area of GALA Yuzawa resort is now closed
Joetsu Kokusai
- 180cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 50cm (official snow depth)
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Planned closing dates for each ski resort in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma (subject to change)
Until Wednesday 27th March
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Until Sunday 31st March
- Chateau Shiozawa
- Muica Snow Resort
- Naeba
- Yuzawa Park
- Yuzawa Kogen
Until Monday 1st April
- NASPA Ski Garden
Until Tuesday 2nd April
- Ipponsugi
Until Wednesday 3rd April
- Yuzawa Nakazato
Until Sunday 7th April
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Maiko Snow Resort (* note: closed from 1st through 5th April)
- Nakazato Snow Wood
Until Sunday 21st April
- Kandatsu Kogen
Until Monday 6th May
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro Ropeway)
Until Sunday 26th May
- Kagura (via Mitsumata Ropeway)
Already closed
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Itsukamachi
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 25th March 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1018cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 523cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 190cm reported on 14 days March 2019 snowfall 50cm reported on 6 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.