Yuzawa Now: Thursday 28th December 2017
- Dec 28, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 42cm
Snowfall at base this season 256cm
Posted on Thursday 28th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We are still enjoying a full-on traditional Yuzawa snow storm, I am happy to report. Having said that, there's probably less new snowfall to report than I thought there would be this morning with snow falling through the day yesterday and overnight. Still, there is a good new 40cm at our measuring point. I suspect strong winds blowing the fresh snow around wildly at times yesterday is affecting the number today... indeed, Kagura are reporting a large 50-80cm of fresh snow this morning.
Here's the fresh snowfall numbers resorts are reporting this morning:
Kagura - 80cm
Kagura Mitsumata - 50cm
Kagura Tashiro - 60cm
Maiko Snow Resort - 30+cm
There's lots of snow around town and even more on the slopes. It's what we love to see.
I suspect that I will soon not need to be mentioning what is open and what is not open because we'll be getting to that 'all open' stage.
The forecast seems to be saying that the peak of this particular batch of heavy snow has passed and things will be calming down as the day goes on. We still might be getting further snow though today and tomorrow with the chance of some sun over the weekend. Snow shouldn't be far away though as we enter January, so things are looking good!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open.
The sledding area is also open.
- 170cm
Iwappara
- Iwappara is open. Nighta until 8pm.
- 140cm
Kagura
Almost all of Kagura is open.
Only the Mitsumata area open this morning due to weather conditions. Kagura may open depending on weather.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating (when weather allows!)
The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January.
- Kagura area: 280cm
- Mitsumata area: 180cm
- Tashiro area: 230cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open.
- 150cm
Naeba
Naeba is open.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating (when weather allows!)
- Base: 150cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available.
- 155cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open.
- Top: 150cm
- Base: 100cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating
- 110cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with six lifts operating.
- 110cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is open. They don't seem to be publishing a snow depth number!
Joetsu Kokusai
Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available.
- 140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open.
Gondola on hold this morning due to strong winds.
Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December.
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 110cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Most of Hakkaisan is now open.
- 180cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 28th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 256cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 242cm reported on 13 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.