Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 26th January 2016
- Jan 26, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 223cm
Posted on Tuesday 26th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We enjoyed more snowfall through most of the day yesterday (and yes, we did get a few short periods where it backed off like the day before) and it was snowing pretty good for most of the day.
Since my report yesterday morning there has been another 14cm of snowfall down here by my base. Interestingly, once again resorts are if anything under-reporting with just 5cm from both Kagura and Maiko this morning. You'd think they'd want to shout out about the better actual numbers - of course, we don't want anyone to be 'lying' about conditions, that's not cool...
So this morning, just like the forecast told us to expect, we have beautiful almost clear blue skies from early on. There's just a bit of cloud about, and quite a bit to the north of Minamiuonuma still but it looks like it is going to be a really great morning to be strapped to the skis or board.
We're good for time being, but there's not much snow lined up on the 6-day forecast currently with the best chance of the next (decent) snow being around Saturday. Before then, we can probably expect some sun and temperatures warming up a bit. Look out for a chance of rain sometime around Thursday and Friday at town level. Let's hope we can avoid that.
By Saturday with that expected snow it should be getting colder once again.
I haven't been out myself the last few days but heard from friends about some great conditions at Kagura, GALA and Kandatsu the last few days which is good to hear. I'll be checking myself today.
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Resort official snow depths (Tuesday 26th January 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
All resorts in the area are either mostly or fully open. All slopes have enjoyed a decent refresh of snow over the last week.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
170cm
The South Area is now part open and downhill Falcon course is also open
Ishiuchi Maruyama
140cm
Iwappara
115cm
Joetsu Kokusai
120cm
Kagura
130cm (Mitsumata)
160cm (Tashiro)
190cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
100-140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
160cm (upper)
90cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
100cm
Naeba
100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
105cm
Yuzawa Kogen
110cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
85cm
Yuzawa Park
95cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 26th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 223cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 131cm reported on 17 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.