Yuzawa Now: Friday 27th December 2013
- Dec 27, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 116cm
Posted on Friday 27th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
So yesterday started off with lovely clear skies and mid morning there were some deep blues to enjoy, though quite quickly things changed and by lunchtime it was still bright but overcast. As it got darker the skies were very grey. Amazing sometimes how quickly it can change.
I have heard reports of rain in nearby areas, but when I was out at 8pm last night it was still just cloudy so can't confirm if we got rained on after that!
This morning we woke to just a dusting of snow really, with the most (5cm) being reported by Kagura.
At the moment in Yuzawa it is just 0 degrees with light wet snow falling. A light wind but more wind higher up and windier conditions due later in the day and tomorrow too.
Resorts are almost all open but really we are on less snow than usual I would say. I noticed in the Nozawa Now report today there was a comparison with last year so let's take a look on here too.
27th December 2012:
Naeba - 120cm
Kagura - 250cm
GALA Yuzawa - 190cm
Iwappara - 140cm
Yuzawa Kogen - 150cm
Maiko Snow Resort - 180cm
Joetsu Kokusai - 150cm
Today:
Naeba - 110cm
Kagura - 220cm
GALA Yuzawa - 180cm
Iwappara - 90cm
Yuzawa Kogen - 110cm
Maiko Snow Resort - 115cm
Joetsu Kokusai - 80cm
These are all the numbers reported by the resorts themselves and so comparable year on year. So they are all on less snow than last year - with some much less. It's quite clear though as there isn't that much snow around town at the moment.
Hopefully we'll get snowed on good in this next week into New Year.
(PS Mt Granview opens tomorrow!)
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Official resort snow depths @ Friday 27th December 2013, AM:
Naeba:
110cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
180cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
220cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
115cm
Gala Yuzawa:
180cm
Iwappara:
90cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
110cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
80cm
Yuzawa Park:
80cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
115cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
110cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Friday 27th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 116cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 111cm reported on 12 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.