Yuzawa Now: Monday 28th January 2019
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 750cm
Posted on Monday 28th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa and welcome to the start of another week.
It was snowing for much of yesterday and I cleared away 10cm of snow early evening - there's another 1cm there this morning, so there's 11cm to include in my report this morning.
No cm of fresh snow is being reported by Kagura or Maiko; presumably meaning none overnight, because there was definitely snow falling during the day yesterday!
The forecasts were telling us that we might get some sunshine this morning but as of 7:30am it is cloudy and overcast. There's always the chance that those clouds might clear up for a while, of course.
It is currently -2C but a rather mild day is likely, perhaps warming up to as much as 5-6C. (We have enjoyed a lot of snow this month - almost 5m in town - which is great, but we could do without warmer conditions before the snow comes each time, which seems to be something of a pattern).
Talking of which - heavy snow due once again tonight and a day of snow tomorrow.
The Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is back open this morning, so I would expect all ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma to be open as planned.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 340m (official snow depth)
Iwappara
- 250cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Unconfirmed
Kandatsu Kogen
- 275cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 200cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 310cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 310cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 210cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Park
- 225cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 230cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Top: 320cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 210cm (official snow depth)
Joetsu Kokusai
- 300cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 330cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 210cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 240cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 28th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 750cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 495cm reported on 22 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.