Yuzawa Now: Saturday 29th December 2018
- Dec 29, 2018
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 50cm
Snowfall at base this season 188cm
Posted on Saturday 29th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
What a few days it has been.
After the report yesterday we cleared our measuring area and by 5pm there was another 17cm on there. The snow eased off for a while some serious snow shovelling was enjoyed. The measuring spot was cleared again and this morning there is a further 33cm on there. So I make that a very pleasing total of 50cm snowfall since yesterday.
'The resorts that report' are not quite reporting so much as that - perhaps to not frighten people. (Actually, there's some evidence that such thinking actually exists, believe it or not). Kagura and Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 30cm; Maiko are reporting 40cm.
They're all impressive numbers though.
The quick transformation that I was wishing for up until a few days ago has happened with most resorts now at least part open, many of them mostly open and some of them fully open. We have tried to keep the resort-specific information below up to date and correct!
And there are now some very nice snow conditions to enjoy.
Wind is affecting Kagura again - the Tashiro area is closed again this morning and they plan to be open up until the Kaguran Number 1 romance (pair) lift - if conditions ease off they might get the quad moving.
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The forecast still has snow continuing over the coming week with perhaps a break in the clouds early week. So it is going to continue building up. Nice.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 150cm (official snow depth)
* The Central and Northern Areas of GALA Yuzawa are open
* All lifts apart from Chariot, Landau Ropeway (to Yuzawa Kogen) and Waggonette are now normally operating
* All of the Central Area is open including the ‘Snow Enjoyment Park’
* The Broadway, Swan and Roman Holiday courses in the Northern Area are open
Iwappara
- 120cm (official snow depth)
* All areas now open
* 9 lifts and 20 courses
Kagura
- Kagura area: 190cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 150cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 170cm (official snow depth)
* All areas and almost all lifts and courses across Kagura are now open
* Downhill course back to Mitsumata Ropeway not open yet
* The top Kagura Number 5 romance lift should be open from 1st January 2019
Kandatsu Kogen
- 105cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts are now normally operating
Naeba
- 60cm (base)
* Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 140cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts and courses are now (normally) open
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 100cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 60cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts and courses are now (normally) open
Yuzawa Park
- 80cm (official snow depth)
* Yuzawa Park is part open
* The Number 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 lifts are operating
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 70cm
* Yuzawa Nakazato is now mostly open
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 140cm (official snow depth)
* All three of the base areas are now open and all lifts are scheduled to open today
Joetsu Kokusai
- 140cm
* Joetsu Kokusai is now mostly open
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 150cm (official snow depth) Not updated
- Base: 80cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts apart from the Maiko Number 1 pair lift now operating
* Most courses now open
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 150cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 29th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 188cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (29th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 186cm reported on 11 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.