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Yuzawa Now: Monday 29th January 2018

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 644cm

Posted on Monday 29th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


Get to enjoy yesterday? I got to spend a few hours at Kagura where the snow was really great. Came back and saw that the snow level down by my house had reduced by over 15cm, which surprised me. It wasn't as cold as it had been but wasn't particularly warm either. Anyway... a quick look around town and the popular ski resorts seemed busy.


It was a fine day weather wise. Not deep blue skies - more like an overcast kind of sunny, with a bit more cloud at times.


And this morning the snow is back and I have 3cm to report.


Kagura and Ishiuchi Maruyama are both reporting 5cm of fresh snowfall; Naeba is reporting 5-10cm; and Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 2-5cm.


It is snowing as I write this and if the forecasts are correct we can expect snow through today and tomorrow.


Temperatures here in town should peak at around 2-3C later on today.


The weekend crowds will have dispersed and so it should be a good day to be out again I would say. Limited visibility aside perhaps.


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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:


GALA Yuzawa

- 320cm


Iwappara

- 215cm


Kagura

- Kagura area: 350cm

- Mitsumata area: 250cm

- Tashiro area: 300cm


Kandatsu Kogen

- 240cm


Naeba

- 240cm (base)


NASPA Ski Garden

- 270cm


Yuzawa Kogen

- Top: 280cm

- Base: 230cm


Yuzawa Park

- 210cm


Yuzawa Nakazato

- 230cm


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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):


Ishiuchi Maruyama

- 340cm


Joetsu Kokusai

- 310cm


Maiko Snow Resort

- Top: 260cm

- Base: 190cm


Muikamachi Hakkaisan

- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March

- 300cm



Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Monday 29th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 644cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 353cm reported on 17 days



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