Yuzawa Now: Thursday 27th February 2025
- Feb 27, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1177cm
Posted on Thursday 27th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We had some fine weather yesterday morning, even with some light snow falling at times especially higher up. Clouds took over later on and then we got some rain / sleet / snow. What you got depended on where you were.
We are still due some sun later on today, perhaps within a few hours, but we start the morning with cloudy skies and some light (wet) snow falling. There is a few cm to report, too.
Forecasts for tomorrow are rather mixed too at the moment, ranging from lovely clear skies to a more cloudy day.
Saturday still looks likely to be clear and sunny, along with some warm temperatures (perhaps getting up to and beyond 10C in town).
Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway and the top section of that ski area is back open today, and the top lift at Kagura is also due to be moving.
At the weekend it was looking like this week would be one of continued clear and skies every day but it isn't quite turning out that way. It seems the weather is proving hard to predict at the moment.
The Quest Park at GALA Yuzawa (located by the side of the quad lift in the Northern Area) is scheduled to open from Saturday 1st March.
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Ski area information for Thursday 27th February 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
470cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open.
The Southern Area and the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to heavy snowfall.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
430cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
300cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
450cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 550cm
Base: 480cm
Top Kagura Number 5 lift still closed due to snow conditions
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
400cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 445cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 510cm
Base: 330cm
Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 380cm
Base: 280cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
375cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 430cm
Base: 290cm
The connection with GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is closed due to heavy snowfall.
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
455cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
320cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Thursday 27th February 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1177cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 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.