Yuzawa Now: Thursday 29th December 2016
- Dec 29, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 118cm
Posted on Thursday 29th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday snow did continue falling for much of the day, but it was the kind of snow that didn't really amount to much on the ground... not in town anyway. I expect maybe a few cm higher up but not seeing any such reports from resorts.
It's a very fine morning early on. The sun is out, blue skies, and just a bit of thin cloud in places. All is calm.
And it was very cold early on, -6C when I got up!
Hopefully the calm before a bit of a storm as we are expecting snow clouds back over the region sometime this afternoon, the winds to change to northerly and get stronger, and snowfall from then through tomorrow. The forecasts look encouraging - let's hope they are right.
New Year is fast approaching and we can expect ski resorts to be getting busier by the day now. With most resorts not yet fully open, it means that there's less space for everyone so expect busy conditions - especially at the popular places and resorts that have more terrain available.
Today sees the Dragondola - the gondola lift that connects Naeba with Kagura - opening for the season.
With the fine weather this morning it should be a good one. We want those snow clouds to move in quickly though... come on, over here!!
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Resort-specific info as of Thursday 29th December 2016
GALA Yuzawa
9 courses in the Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 100cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lifts from all three base areas are now operating and the resort is part open.
Nighta operations have begun!
Official snow depth: 60cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 6 lifts and 14 courses are open, mostly mid to upper area.
Nighta opens from tonight.
Official snow depth: 35cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Part of the area in front of the base hotel and Panorama area of Joetsu Kokusai is open with 6 lifts operating and 5 courses up there open.
Official snow depth: 40cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are open.
The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now open.
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 150cm
Mitsumata - 110cm
Tashiro - 130cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open with four lifts operating.
All night from 6pm until 4pm tonight!
Official snow depth: 60cm
Naeba
Most lifts operating including the Dragondola which opens from today.
Official snow depth: 65cm
Maiko Snow Resort
The Gondola and Okusoeji quad and pair lifts are operating. 7 courses open in total.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 70cm
Base - 20cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway and Number 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 60cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open with 4 courses and lifts 1, 3, 4 and 5 operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is part open. The lower Nunoba area is closed.
The Ropeway, Cosmos pair lift, Summit pair lift and Kogen Express lifts are operating.
Official snow depth:
Top - 70cm
Base - 10cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 lift operating.
Official snow depth: 25cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with 5 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 35cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 29th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 118cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 116cm reported on 12 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.