Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 28th December 2016
- Dec 28, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 117cm
Posted on Wednesday 28th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
I am happy to report that we are back to white again this morning.
It's not a classic heavy snow dump that this area is famous for, but with the situation we were in until yesterday it is all very valuable. Here's how much fresh snow the resorts (who report) are reporting:
Kagura: 20-30cm
Mitsumata: 25cm
Tashiro: 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm up top; 5-10cm at base
There's 11cm on the ground outside SJHQ in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa) and we are measuring 9cm in Yuzawa. So that should give you an idea of where we are this morning. It is still snowing (lightly) and so hopefully there'll be more to add to that by the end of the day.
The forecast tells us that the snow should be easing off by mid afternoon and perhaps some sunshine tomorrow before the snow clouds returning by tomorrow night. Looks like over the New Year clearer and drier skies will be more likely than snow, so fingers crossed for a decent amount over the next few.
As always, resort-specific info as we have it has been updated below.
It should be a much-improved situation out there this morning. Time to go and enjoy it.
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Resort-specific info as of Wednesday 28th December 2016
GALA Yuzawa
9 courses in the Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 70cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
The lifts from the Chuo and Kanko bases (and a total of 8 lifts) are operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 5 lifts and 13 courses are open.
Official snow depth: 35cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Part of the area in front of the base hotel and Panorama area of Joetsu Kokusai is open with 6 lifts operating and 4 courses up there open.
Official snow depth: 30cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are generally open but lifts are affecting operations this morning.
From the Mitsumata Station it is open to the Kagura Number 1 pair lift; from the Tashiro Station it is open to the Tashiro Number 1 lift.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is not yet open.
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 150cm
Mitsumata - 110cm
Tashiro - 130cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is part open with three lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 60cm
Naeba
The Prince Number 2 Gondola, Takenokodaira pair, Number 3, 4 and 5 high speed lifts and Number 4 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 55cm
Maiko Snow Resort
The Gondola and Okusoeji quad and pair lifts are operating. 7 courses open in total.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 70cm
Base - cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway and Number 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open with 2 courses and lifts 3, 4 and 5 operating.
Official snow depth: 45cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is part open. The lower Nunoba area is closed.
The Ropeway, Cosmos pair lift, Summit pair lift and Kogen Express lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Top - 70cm
Base - 10cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 lift operating.
Official snow depth: 25cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with 4 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 35cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 28th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 117cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 115cm reported on 11 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.