Yuzawa Now: Monday 28th December 2015
- Dec 28, 2015
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 61cm
Posted on Monday 28th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was the first really proper winter-like day of the season. Good snowfall, cold temperatures, something of a wind. It felt good shovelling the snow!
There has been no new snowfall overnight here in town which is a bit of a surprise, but during the day yesterday since my morning report there was nearly 30cm of snow fall. And nice and light snow too. Expect more than that amount up on the mountains of course.
This morning we are being treated to lots of blue skies and sunshine over the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma areas. There is lots of cloud to the north, but our valleys are having a beautiful morning. It is cold too with lots of frosty and icy conditions outside. Again, that makes it all feel like proper winter which is great. It shouldn't warm up too much during the day today and then later on clouds are again expected to bring more snow. Snow is forecast for the day tomorrow as well, so let's hope we can build on the base that we now have.
Most of the resorts in the area are going to be open from today. There's still a few that we can't confirm at the time of writing but generally it's a case of resorts being mostly at least part open. Some more than others. Details for each resort have been updated below.
If we get more snow tonight and into tomorrow, hopefully it won't be long before everywhere is just "OPEN". Won't that be good?!
In the meantime it should be a very fine morning out there. Nice weather and fresh snow.
Remember, the snow is by no means particularly deep yet, so take care... there's probably going to be things sticking up out of the snow in places.
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Resort operations (Monday 28th December 2015) - subject to change:
Kagura
Almost all of the courses and lifts at Kagura are now open.
The only areas not open yet are the top pair lift and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base.
The top pair lift (Kagura Number 5 Romance lift) plans to be open this season from 1st January.
The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is not yet open.
Naeba
More of Naeba is now open. The Number 2, 3, 4 and 5 Courses as well as the Number 4 high speed course, Takenokodaira, Daishamen and Downhill Courses are open.
From today the Number 3 high speed lift and Prince Number 1 Gondola will also be operating.
GALA Yuzawa
8 courses are now open at GALA Yuzawa. The Chuo area is open and part of the North Area of the resort.
Ipponsugi
Ipponsugi plans to be open from this morning.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
A decent area of Ishiuchi Maruyama is open from this morning.
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open with the Number 2 and 3 pair lifts and also the Chuo quad lift operating.
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is part open with a number of lifts operating.
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is part open with four lifts (Tozawa, Onaka, Ikenodaira and Shiraitayama) operating.
Itsukamachi
Itsukamachi plans to be part open from this morning.
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort is part open. Most of the top Okusoeji area is open and also the Paradise course of the Maiko area is now open.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
More of Hakkai-san is open from today with the Ropeway, Number 1 and Number 3 lifts operating.
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Muikamachi Ski Resort is open from this morning with the Number 2 pair lift operating.
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden will be part open this morning with the Number 3 and 4 lifts operating.
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open from this morning with the Ropeway, Cosmos pair lift, top Panorama lift and Nunoba family lift operating.
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open from today with the Number 2 Romance lift, Number 3 Romance lift and Number 2 lifts operating.
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open from today with the Number 7 lift operating.
All other resorts will also be open as soon as possible:
Openings for these areas unconfirmed at the time of writing
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkaisanroku
Ludens Yuzawa
Mt Granview
Nakazato Snow Wood
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Data as of Monday 28th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 61cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 61cm reported on 5 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.