Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 26th December 2017
- Dec 26, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 160cm
Posted on Tuesday 26th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After that rain in the first part of the day yesterday, happily it turned into snow later on and this morning we have just under 10cm of fresh on the ground.
Kagura are this morning reporting 2cm of fresh snow at Kagura, 10cm at Mitsumata and 20cm at Tashiro. My best guess is that there's a typo there and it was actually 20cm at Kagura too. Maiko Snow Resort just to the north of Yuzawa is reporting 10-20cm of fresh.
More unexpected was the sunshine and clearer skies earlier on this morning, though it seems to gradually be clouding over again now and snow is still there on the forecast for the day. There is still regular snowfall on the forecast for the week, with perhaps the heaviest expected tonight and tomorrow. The third photo (below) for today is from Maiko (the first is GALA and the second is NASPA).
So it should be a nice early morning with hopefully snow starting to fall again fairly soon. And fingers crossed, a lot of it!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open.
The sledding area is also open.
- 110cm
Ipponsugi
- 50cm
Iwappara
- Iwappara is open with the central and upper area available (4 lifts and 12 courses). Nighta until 8pm.
- 60cm
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January.
- Kagura area: 180cm
- Mitsumata area: 120cm
- Tashiro area: 140cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open.
- 90cm
Naeba
Most of Naeba is now open.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating.
- Base: 70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available.
- 65cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open.
- Top: 90cm
- Base: 30cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating
- 60cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with four lifts operating.
- 50cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open.
- 80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available.
- 90cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open.
Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December.
- Top: 100cm
- Base: 30cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Most of Hakkaisan is now open.
- 120cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Tuesday 26th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 160cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 146cm reported on 11 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.