Yuzawa Now: Friday 28th December 2018
- Dec 28, 2018
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 47cm
Snowfall at base this season 138cm
Posted on Friday 28th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
[** Updated at 9:30am ** ]
As I posted earlier on this morning in a quick report - this is much, much, much better!
The snow has arrived. Close on 50cm of fresh snow on the ground and probably more on the mountain.
Kagura are reporting 50cm of fresh.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 'more than 50cm'.
Ishiuchi Maruyama are also reporting 40-50cm.
Loads of snow.
And it is still snowing.
It feels like 'Snow Country' again.
With this sudden heavy snowfall there are a few interesting things going on.
The Tashiro area of Kagura is closed this morning due to the weather conditions - Kagura is open up to the Kagura Number 1 lift.
Some other areas are opening up courses, but some that were open are actually closed as the resorts get to grip with all of the new snow - for example, Iwappara early on has the top area closed. But Maiko Snow Resort is pretty much full open now apart from one lift. And access to Ishiuchi Maruyama is now ok from all three base areas.
Expect things to settle down pretty quickly though and I'd expect more to be open tomorrow.
This snowfall is due to continue for at least a few more days so it is going to build up from here.
Brilliant. It's what we have been waiting for and it will really transform conditions.
So just to re-cap. All of the ski hills in the area - Yuzawa town and neighbouring Minamiuonuma - are now at least part open. The only exception now is (the legendary) Mt Granview, which plans to be open from tomorrow morning.
If you are planning on coming to Yuzawa over the next few days, get wrapped up and ready to enjoy these full-on winter conditions. Roads are being cleared but there may be delays and extra care is needed.
Enjoy! :)
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GALA Yuzawa
- 100cm (official snow depth)
* The Central and Northern Areas of GALA Yuzawa are open
* The Gondola, Coach pair, Barouche quad, Sociable quad, Phaeton pair, Victoria quad and Tilbury triple lifts are operating
* The Melody, Entertainment, Gigi and Grenoble courses in the Central Area are open; the ‘Snow Enjoyment Park’ is also open
* The Broadway, Roman Holiday and part of Swan courses in the Northern Area are open
Iwappara
- 70cm (official snow depth)
* 3 lifts and 5 courses in the central to upper area are open
Kagura
- Kagura area: 160cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 120cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 140cm (official snow depth)
* All areas and almost all lifts and courses across Kagura are now open
* Downhill course back to Mitsumata Ropeway not open yet
* The top Kagura Number 5 romance lift should be open from 1st January 2019
Kandatsu Kogen
- 85cm (official snow depth)
* The Tozawa base pair, Onaka and Musawa quad lifts are operating
Naeba
- 60cm (base)
* Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 85cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts are operating
* All main courses apart from D and E are open
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 80cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 50cm (official snow depth)
* Yuzawa Kogen is part open
* All of the top Kogen area is open
* The lower Nunoba area is now open again
Yuzawa Park
- 70cm (official snow depth)
* Yuzawa Park is part open
* The Number 1, 3 and 7 lifts are operating
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 70cm
* Yuzawa Nakazato is part open
* The Number 1 high speed lift, Number 2, Number 3 and Number 4 pair lifts are operating
* The Joyful course, Number 3 Romance course, Panorama course and Family course are open
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 28th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 47cm (28th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 136cm reported on 10 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.