Yuzawa Now: Friday 26th December 2014
- Dec 26, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 532cm
Posted on Friday 26th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Snow for most of the day yesterday along with a moderate wind, though it didn't actually end up with the amount of snow that you'd think.
It was really blowing around in the evening though, and the snow obviously set in good and proper overnight with a nice thick layer to report this morning.
The on-top-of-the-car number is 35-40cm.
Maiko Snow Resort report over 40cm.
Kagura report 50cm.
Naeba report 30-50cm.
Looking good!
Top conditions this morning wherever you go in the area, I'd say.
But...
Quite strong winds are messing with operations at Kagura early in the morning though - the Tashiro area will be closed for the day and from the Mitsumata Station it's open up to the Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift (possibly that the quad will open later depending on conditions).
Looks like the wind is affecting top areas of Naeba as well today.
A quick look round other resorts and they all seem to be planning to be open as normal.
It's snowing still this morning though a bit on and off over the last hour or so. Snow is forecast to be with us for the day today though so any breaks are probably just temporary. It should ease off by tomorrow morning though and we will probably get some sunny conditions over the weekend, especially on Sunday according to the local forecast.
There's some impressive walls of snow around town and on Route 17. The tallest I have seen are around the traffic lights near the base areas of Ishiuchi Maruyama.
Tomorrow sees the opening of the remaining two ski hills in the area.... Ishiuchi Hanaoka and the famous Mt Granview!
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
250cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
240cm
Iwappara:
190cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
170cm
Kagura:
250cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
200cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
240cm
Naeba:
170cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
190cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
210cm (Kogen)
160cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
150cm
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Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
All resorts not noted here are now at least part open.
Saturday 27th December:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Mt Granview
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Nighta in the area
Nighta 'night skiing' - where some slopes are floodlit for skiing and snowboarding in the evening, is available at the following resorts in the area.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
Every day until 21st March (until 8:50pm)
Iwappara:
Every day until 22nd March (until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays, 9pm on Saturdays)
Joetsu Kokusai:
Every day until 22nd March (until 9pm)
Kandatsu Kogen:
From 23rd January, 'all night' on holidays (6pm or 10pm until 4am the next morning)
Maiko Snow Resort:
Every day until 14th March (until 8pm)
Naeba:
Every day until 29th March (until 9pm)
NASPA Ski Garden (skiers only):
27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays until 29th February (until 7pm)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays from 10th January until 14th March (until 8:30pm)
Chateaux Shiozawa also have nighta but only on certain days - no fixed schedule available at the moment). Resorts not mentioned above do not operate 'nighta'. Some resorts offer tickets that include nighta, others need a seperate lift ticket.
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 26th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 532cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 532cm reported on 14 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.