Yuzawa Now: Sunday 29th March 2020
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this seas 423cm
Posted on Sunday 29th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
OK, so just to recap.
It was 22.8C a few days ago here.
Heavy rain last night.
And this morning, there's 10-15cm of fresh snowfall on the ground in town and the Kagura resort is reporting 25cm.
And Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 35cm of fresh snow.
Maiko, of course, brought their closing date forward by a week to today. It's interesting to note that they have not mentioned that today is their last day on their update this morning (...might they rethinking again...?)
Hold on. Incoming. Kandatsu Snow Resort have once again changed their planned closing date. No, not to extend it. This time, they are pulling back from 5th April to Tuesday 31st March.
I think I've got that right. I'll update you again if they change their mind again tomorrow. ;)
Phew.
What a season this has been...
It's still snowing by the way. Should ease off sometime this morning. Hardly any wind.
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GALA Yuzawa
- All lifts apart from Buggy, Wagonette, Chariot and Landau ropeway are operating
- All courses in the Central Area are open
- The Broadway, Super Broadway, Swan and Roman Holiday A courses and Snow Park are open in the Northern Area
- The Southern Area and downhill course are closed
- Official snow depth: 110cm
- Planned closing date: 6th May
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are open; 20 of 23 courses open
- Official snow depth: 170cm
- Planned closing dates: 4th May (Tashiro); 24th May (Mitsumata)
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- All lifts are operating; most courses open
- Official snow depth: 115cm
- Planned closing date: 31st March
Maiko Snow Resort
- The Gondola and top two Okusoechi lifts are operating; take the Gondola up and down
- Nagamine and Maiko areas are closed
- Official snow depth: 100cm (top)
- Planned closing date: today
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Top area open; 2 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 120cm
- Planned closing date: today
Naeba
- 6 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 90cm
- Planned closing date: 5th April
- Details on Naeba Now report here
Yuzawa Kogen
- The top Kogen area is all open
- The base area is now closed
- Official snow depth: 100cm (upper)
- Planned closing date: 31st March
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Already closed for the season:
- Ipponsugi
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Nakazato Snow Wood
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Nakazato
- Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 29th March 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 423cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 248cm reported on 14 days March 2020 snowfall 48cm reported on 8 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.