Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 29th December 2015
- Dec 29, 2015
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 83cm
Posted on Tuesday 29th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The sun was out yesterday morning over the region. Lovely. And the snow quality was pretty good too actually. There wasn't enough of it yet of course - patches of ground and things sticking up through it in places, especially on lower runs that are open, and it was a bit uneven riding... but decent all the same. And of course everyone happy to be able to get open at last!
Snow was falling to the north of Yuzawa and in parts of Minamiuonuma by late morning and early afternoon, but the clouds remained generally to the north of Yuzawa for the day. By late night though snow was falling again and I have the very good news of another decent delivery of snow this morning.
There was just over 20cm of fresh snow on the car this morning and resorts around town are reporting 20-30cm of new snowfall.
Excellent news.
It's continuing to snow as well this morning and fingers crossed it will continue into tomorrow morning and so we should be getting more cm.
Resorts are now starting to be able to open up more with this new snow. Some are now close to fully open, with others still 'part' open. But I think I am correct in saying that all resorts in the area are now at least part open, which is great news. Expect more courses to be open today and tomorrow especially if we do get a decent snowfall during the day today.
I have updated the information for each resort below, but here are a few other headlines:
The legendary Mt Granview should be open this morning.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with the Tashiro area of Kagura is starting to operate from this morning.
The lift ticket/connection between Yuzawa Kogen <> GALA Yuzawa <> Ishiuchi Maruyama is available from this morning - but importantly note that until the South Area of GALA Yuzawa opens up - not yet - you need to get a bus from the base of Yuzawa Kogen to GALA Yuzawa.
I think that is about it for now. I look forward to bringing you news of more snow tomorrow morning.
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Resort operations (Tuesday 29th December 2015) - subject to change:
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
The Central Area and most of the North Area are now open.
Ipponsugi
Ipponsugi is now open.
Iwappara
A large area of Iwappara is now open.
Joetsu Kokusai
Most areas of Joetsu Kokusai are now open.
Kagura
Almost all of the courses and lifts at Kagura are now open.
The only areas not open yet are the top pair lift and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base.
The top pair lift (Kagura Number 5 Romance lift) plans to be open this season from 1st January.
The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is now operating.
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is 80% open with four lifts (Tozawa, Onaka, Ikenodaira and Shiraitayama) operating.
Ludens Yuzawa
Ludens Yuzawa is now open.
Naeba
Large areas of Naeba are now open.
The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Tashiro is now operating.
Nakazato Snow Wood
Nakazato Snow Wood is now open.
NASPA Ski Garden
All of the lifts at NASPA Ski Garden are now operating and most of the courses are open.
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is open with the Ropeway, Kogen Express, Cosmos pair lift, top Panorama lift and Nunoba family lift operating.
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open from today with the Number 2 Romance lift, Number 3 Romance lift and Number 2 lifts operating.
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open.
Resorts in Minamiuonuma:
Chateau Shiozawa
Chateau Shiozawa is part open from today.
Hakkaisanroku
Hakkai Sanroku is now open.
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Most of Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open.
Itsukamachi
Itsukamachi is now part open.
Maiko Snow Resort
More of Maiko Snow Resort is now open. The top Okusoeji area is open (need to take Gondola back down), as well as the Paradise and Family courses of the Maiko area.
Mt Granview
Mt Granview plans to be open from today!
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Most of Hakkai-san is now open.
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Muikamachi Ski Resort is now open.
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Data as of Tuesday 29th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 83cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 83cm reported on 6 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.