Yuzawa Now: Friday 26th January 2018
- Jan 26, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 60cm
Snowfall at base this season 593cm
Posted on Friday 26th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Snow, snow and more snow.
It has been snowing since my report yesterday. This morning I have measured a further 60cm of snow since then. And that is a 'lower end' kind of measurement. It has been windy and it is one of those days when there will be more and less in places - actually I'm guessing more 'more' than less. The difficulty of precise numbers aside, we are seeing very large amounts of snow at the moment. It's the kind that even locals have problems dealing with; and that's saying something!
Here is what ski resorts are reporting:
- Kagura are reporting 40cm of fresh snowfall.
- Maiko Snow Resort are reporting '40+cm' of fresh snowfall.
- Ishiuchi Maruyama is reporting 60cm of fresh snowfall.
On days like this, we often feel that resorts try not to scare people with numbers that are too big. Yes, believe it or not, some people don't get excited by these big numbers!
Yesterday only part of Kagura got to open and Maiko was resting their gondola and top area; this was due to wind conditions.
It remains very cold this morning and there's a moderate wind blowing around still, but the Kagura and Maiko resorts appear to be opening this morning. There may well be some lift delays though as staff cope with all this snow.
The forecast doesn't show the snow letting up today or tomorrow, with some forecasts show a break in the snow on Sunday for a while but generally winter conditions continuing into next week.
There's going to be a lot of people itching to get out and play in all this snow once things calm down.
If you can't wait for that, just be warm and be safe!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 270cm
Iwappara
- 210cm
Kagura
- Only the Mitsumata area will be open today (Thursday)
- Kagura area: 330cm
- Mitsumata area: 230cm
- Tashiro area: 280cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 245cm
Naeba
- 240cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 210cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 230cm
- Base: 180cm
Yuzawa Park
- 160cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 195cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 280cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 290cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 260cm
- Base: 180cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March
- 280cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 26th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 593cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 302cm 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.