Yuzawa Now: Saturday 28th January 2017
- Jan 28, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 597cm
Posted on Saturday 28th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday turned into a fine day with sunshine and bright skies - though not the blue contrast that we had the previous day.
It also warmed up more than we would like and unfortunately later on in the day it was raining. Rain and warmer conditions are never welcome mid-season, of course, and with the weather over the last two days this morning I can see that the snow walls outside my place are noticeably lower. Official snow depth numbers from resorts almost all seem to have taken a bit of a hit as well.
Having said that there has been some slight snowfall overnight down to town. Up at Kagura they are reporting 5-10cm of fresh snowfall overnight and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5cm. I measure 2cm outside to add to the report.
This morning it is generally cloudy and happily it should be a bit colder.
So there is still a lot of snow around, though a nice fresh layer would be nice. It looks like we can expect snowfall sometime on Monday but it's going to be warmer again and there's a good chance it will rain again before that happens - down at town level anyway.
There's more snowfall lined up for the second half of the week so it does look like top-ups are incoming.
Anyway, wherever you are today hope you have a good one.
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Official snow depth information as of Saturday 28th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
All main areas are open
Official snow depth: 330cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 280cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 195cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 270cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 330cm
Mitsumata - 200cm
Tashiro - 280cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 265cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 280cm
Base - 140cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 300cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 230cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 250cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 300cm
Base - 210cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 215cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 200cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 597cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 451cm reported on 20 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.