Yuzawa Now: Saturday 26th November 2016
- Nov 26, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 2cm
Posted on Saturday 26th November 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and the sun is shining through my window here right now. There's some (early morning) cloud around but lots of blue sky too and a beautiful start to the day. It is going to be a relatively mild day (temperature up to around 10C in town maybe).
We got some rain here in town last night but Kagura is reporting 2cm of fresh snow up top since yesterday, and also that they now have a 1,500m stretch of the main course open - along with the Kagura quad lift operating for the weekend.
So to recap on what is open:
A 1,500m section of the main run at Kagura. The course is 30-50m in width and the natural snow has been helped on by snow making machines giving what the resort reports as 50cm snow depth.
Operating lifts are:
- Mitsumata Ropeway
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad
- Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair
- Kagura Gondola
- Kagura Number 1 quad lift
- Kagura Number 2 romance pair lift
All but the last two are basically operating to get you over to the course area that is open. The lifts can be used to get back down as well, which means that there is no shuttle bus needed. The Mitsumata Ropeway plans to be operating from 8am until 5pm, with the last one going up at 4:30pm.
The forecast seems a bit more promising for tomorrow night into Monday, though it may well start with rain again in town. Kagura may well benefit from some decent snowfall though. I'll keep you updated.
The images below for today are from Kagura, Mitsumata and NASPA Ski Garden.
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Ski resorts currently open:
Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway - a 1,500m long run is now open at the main Kagura area
Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
Saturday 3rd December:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Saturday 10th December:
Kagura (Tashiro)
Maiko Snow Resort
Naeba
Friday 16th December:
Muica Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 17th December:
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Kandatsu Kogen
Muimamachi Hakkaisan
Nakazato Snow Wood
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato
Wednesday 21st December:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Thursday 22nd December:
NASPA Ski Garden
Friday 23rd December:
Chateaux Shiozawa
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Data as of Saturday 26th November 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 2cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 2cm (24th November) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day |
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.