Yuzawa Now: Friday 25th November 2016
- Nov 25, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Friday 25th November 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
An early update this morning as there is some big news... Kagura is going to open today, officially starting the snow season here in Yuzawa.
So what exactly is going to be open? Here's what the resort is saying:
A 600m section of the main run at Kagura will be open. The course is 30-50m in width and the natural snow has been helped on by snow making machines giving what the resort reports as 50cm snow depth.
Operating lifts are Mitsumata Ropeway, Mitsumata Number 1 quad, Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair, Kagura Gondola and Kagura Number 1 romance pair lift. All but the last one are basically operating to get you over to the course that is open. The lifts can be used to get back down as well, which means that there is no shuttle bus needed this year. The Mitsumata Ropeway plans to be operating from 8am until 5pm, with the last one going up at 4:30pm.
So there we have it. It's very limited of course, but if you want to get skiing or boarding in Yuzawa... you can.
What's more, it's a lovely morning here with the sun shining and some fine blue skies.
Down here in town most of the snow that fell yesterday has now gone - or will be gone soon - and today and tomorrow temperatures will probably rise close to 10 degrees during the daytime. There's not a whole lot of snow on the forecast for the coming week, even higher up, but we'll keep an eye on that and the forecast as we move forward ever closer to December.
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Ski resorts currently open:
Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway - a 600m long run is now open at the main Kagura area
Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
Saturday 3rd December:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Saturday 10th December:
Kagura (Tashiro)
Maiko Snow Resort
Naeba
Friday 16th December:
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 17th December:
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Kandatsu Kogen
Muimamachi Hakkaisan
Nakazato Snow Wood
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Wednesday 21st December:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Thursday 22nd December:
NASPA Ski Garden
Friday 23rd December:
Chateaux Shiozawa
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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.