Yuzawa Now: Friday 29th December 2017
- Dec 29, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 271cm
Posted on Friday 29th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
More snow to report since yesterday. Kagura are reporting 15-20cm of fresh snowfall while Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 15cm; I can also add an observed 15cm to the reports.
Things have generally calmed down somewhat since the peak of this snow and we have lots of cloud around at the moment. Snow could be falling any time during the day today and possibly tomorrow too. The next chance of much clearer skies and sunshine seems to be - appropriately enough - Sunday, but we're expecting snow once again from Monday.
The heavy snowfall over the last few days has really given resorts - and visitors of course - what they want and need... a good base with regular snow falling on top. Long may that continue!
Yuzawa is continuing to get busier now as the New Year weekend approaches.
Unless noted below, all of the ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma are now pretty much open as normal and so we have slimmed down the information in the resort specific list below. We will continue to keep an eye on details every morning and post anything significant.
Have a good day wherever you are.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 180cm
Iwappara
- 140cm
Kagura
The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January.
- Kagura area: 280cm
- Mitsumata area: 180cm
- Tashiro area: 230cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 160cm
Naeba
- 170cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- 160cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 160cm
- Base: 110cm
Yuzawa Park
- 130cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 120cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 150cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 110cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 190cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 29th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 271cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 257cm reported on 14 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.