Yuzawa Now: Saturday 27th December 2014
- Dec 27, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 557cm
Posted on Saturday 27th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's another decent delivery of snow to report this morning after snow on and off during the day yesterday and overnight.
There's 25cm of snow outside my home and top of the car.
Kagura report 40cm.
Naeba report 30-50cm.
Maiko Snow Report report 20-30cm.
It has been snowing lightly early on but the snowfall is expected to ease off during the day today. I have just come back to Yuzawa from the Muikamachi area of Minamiuonuma, where there was a few nearly-clearings in the clouds where you could almost see the blue sky behind the thin cloud. Thicker cloud over Yuzawa at the moment though still. But maybe it will clear fairly quickly and we'll have a fine day. Current temperature -2 degrees.
Whatever happens today, tomorrow is set to be clear and a bit warmer from the start of the day.
All resorts now open in the area - today marks the first day for the famous Mt Granview!
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
290cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
260cm
Iwappara:
205cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
190cm
Kagura:
250cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
240cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
240cm
Naeba:
170cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
230cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
230cm (Kogen)
180cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
160cm
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Nighta in the area
Nighta 'night skiing' - where some slopes are floodlit for skiing and snowboarding in the evening, is available at the following resorts in the area.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
Every day until 21st March (until 8:50pm)
Iwappara:
Every day until 22nd March (until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays, 9pm on Saturdays)
Joetsu Kokusai:
Every day until 22nd March (until 9pm)
Kandatsu Kogen:
From 23rd January, 'all night' on holidays (6pm or 10pm until 4am the next morning)
Maiko Snow Resort:
Every day until 14th March (until 8pm)
Naeba:
Every day until 29th March (until 9pm)
NASPA Ski Garden (skiers only):
27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays until 29th February (until 7pm)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
27th December until 3rd January; 11th January; Saturdays from 10th January until 14th March (until 8:30pm)
Chateaux Shiozawa also have nighta but only on certain days - no fixed schedule available at the moment). Resorts not mentioned above do not operate 'nighta'. Some resorts offer tickets that include nighta, others need a seperate lift ticket.
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 27th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 557cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 557cm reported on 15 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.