Yuzawa Now: Sunday 29th December 2019
- Dec 29, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 39cm
Posted on Sunday 29th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Updated at 10:30am
Good morning from Yuzawa.
The snow clouds have moved on for the time being, leaving us with just a few more cm from yesterday (even though it was snowing for large parts of the day). No fresh snowfall since then overnight as far as I can tell.
This morning we have clear skies above the region. It is a beautiful morning. The mountains and valleys just look amazing with a fresh coating of snow, don't they...
I didn't get to enjoy the snow yesterday myself, but hearing some good reports from Tashiro and Kagura; they were reporting 40cm of fresh up at Tashiro with around 20cm down to Mitsumata.
Today marks the beginning of the season for NASPA Ski Garden, Iwappara, Joetsu Kokusai and Maiko Snow Resort - all of which are going to be part open from this morning.
It doesn't look like Ishiuchi Maruyama are going to be able to open just yet.
The snowfall through yesterday brought with it something of a collective sigh of relief, but we still need much more and we have yet to see one of our full-on impressive snow storms. Forecasts for the coming week are still looking good with more snow on the way from Tuesday onwards, so fingers crossed we will get a decent amount from that lot so everywhere can fully open.
For the moment, most of the Kagura resort is of course open, and operations at the other ski resorts that are open is limited - more so at some than others.
But anyway it's a beautiful morning and with the fresh snow from yesterday, let's enjoy what we got!
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Currently open:
GALA Yuzawa
- Part open
- The Gondola is operating
- Phaeton pair, Coach pair Sociable quad, Barouche quad, Victoria quad lifts are operating
- Most of the Central Area (Melody, Entertainment, Gigi, Grenoble courses) and part of the Northern Area (Swan, Broadway; Roman Holiday course being prepared) is open
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
Joetsu Kokusai
- Part open
- Part of the Panorama area
Kagura
- Mostly open
- Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases ropeways are operating
- The lift/course connection between Tashiro Area and Kagura Area is available
- The Dragondola from Naeba is operating
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Part open
- A and C lifts plan to be operating
Maiko Snow Resort
- Part open
- Maiko Gondola, Okusoechi quad, Okusoechi pair lifts operating
- 6 upper courses open
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Part open
- Ropeway and Number 3 lifts operating
- Part of upper area open
Naeba
- Part open
- You can now ride down from top to base
- Dragondola now operating
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- Part open
- Number 3, 4 and 5 lifts operating
- F, G and H courses open
Yuzawa Kogen
- Park open
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- Cosmos lift, Summit Panorama lifts also operating
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Part open
- Number 2 and 3 Romance pair lifts operating
- Joyful course and Number 3 romance course open
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Other resorts
As soon as there is enough snow - still checking
- Chateau Shiozawa
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ipponsugi
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Itsukamachi
- Mt Granview
- Muica Snow Resort
- Nakazato Snow Wood
- Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 29th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 39cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November and 28th December) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 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.