Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 26th December 2023
- Dec 26, 2023
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this seas 151cm
Posted on Tuesday 26th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Last night/overnight the region got some rain and just a dusting of snow, just about justifying the 1cm in the report this morning (though that is long gone as I write this).
Maiko Snow Report was reporting 5cm of fresh this morning, presumably up top.
We had some lingering cloud early morning, but as of 10am it's (almost) clear blue skies above Yuzawa and the sun is shining down on us.
It is a beautiful morning.
Some people have contacted us to ask if 'everywhere will be open by New Year'. While I'd love to be able to say yes, I/we just don't know. It feels like right now as much that can open is already open, and that we will need more snow for much more to open up. We had that good snowfall a number of days ago, but it wasn't prolonged and we are still rather low on snow. You can see that in the numbers in this report section.
We might get small amounts of snowfall here and there, but unfortunately, it doesn't look like we should expect much ---- at least into the New Year. Local forecasts are all reporting on how it will be mild in the coming days, rather than cold. We are going to have to wait for the next blast of winter.
I wish I had more exciting snow news to report, but that's basically where we are for the moment.
As we can't do anything about it, probably best we just get out there and enjoy what we have. After all, it's always great to be on the snow.
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GALA Yuzawa
Lifts open:
Diligence Gondola
All Central Area lifts
Victoria lift in the Northern Area
Courses available:
All the Central Area courses are open
Broadway, Super Broadway and Swan in the Northern Area are open
The Southern Area needs more snow to open
Official snow depth:
110cm
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Operations:
10 lifts and 21 courses
All three base areas and most runs are now open
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Iwappara
Operations:
3 lifts and 6 courses
Th summit lift should be open from tomorrow (Wednesday)
Official snow depth:
40cm
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Joetsu Kokusai
Operations:
12 lifts and 15 courses open
Official snow depth:
90cm
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Kagura
Lifts open:
11 of 21 lifts operating
Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway are now open (and you can get the Kagura area from both)
Courses available:
21 of 30 runs open
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Base: 40cm
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Operations:
3 lifts and 9 courses
Official snow depth:
60cm
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Maiko Snow Resort
Lifts & courses:
5 lifts and 9 courses (both base areas are open)
You need to ride the gondola back down to base from the Okusoechi Area
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 40cm
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Operations:
All scheduled lifts and runs are open
The Number 2 pair lift is scheduled to be open on weekends, holidays and 29th Dec to 3rd Jan
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Base: 90cm
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Naeba
Lifts open:
Prince Number 2 Gondola
Takenokodaira pair lift
Number 4 high speed
Number 5 high speed
Number 4 romance pair lift
Courses available:
5 of 24 courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 50cm
Base: 30cm
Notes:
You can now ski back down from top to base
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NASPA Ski Garden
Lifts open:
3 lifts (1,3 and 4) and 7 courses
Official snow depth:
75cm
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Yuzawa Kogen
Operations:
Most of the upper Kogen area is open
The lower section is part open
Official snow depth:
Top: 40cm
Base: 30cm
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Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Operations:
3 lifts and 7 courses
Official snow depth:
55cm
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Yuzawa Park
Operations:
2 lifts and 5 courses
Yuzawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Tuesday 26th December 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 14cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 137cm reported on 9 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.