Yuzawa Now: Saturday 29th March 2025
- Mar 29, 2025
- 5 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1239cm
Posted on Saturday 29th March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
After a week or so with no fresh snow, we had been wondering if we might get some fresh snow this weekend... and we have!
Earlier on, Kagura ski area reported 5cm (though not specifying where that is being measured) and Maiko Snow Resort 3cm.
There is 2-3cm of new snowfall to add to this report (just under 3cm at our own measuring point). It is just above -1C.
This snow will probably ease off by lunchtime and we may even get some clearer skies later in the day. But there's a fair chance of more snow tomorrow!
There is a one-off night skiing opening at GALA Yuzawa tonight with the main Entertainment run scheduled to be open from 5:30pm until 8:00pm. Normal one day lift tickets will be valid, with a special ticket available just for the night skiing. The course will be groomed before opening.
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Ski area information for Saturday 29th March 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City listed in alphabetical order.
All planned closing dates are subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth & information:
320cm
The Central Area, most of the Northern Area and the downhill trail are open
Special night skiing tonight from 5:30pm until 8:00pm
The lift connections with Yuzawa Kogen and Ishiuchi Maruyama are now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth & information:
250cm
All lifts apart from the Kita Maruyama Family Pair lift are open
The connection with GALA Yuzawa at the summit is now closed for the season
Last night skiing of the season is planned on Friday 28th March and Saturday 29th March (until 8pm)
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Iwappara
Official snow depth & information:
160cm
The top lifts (top quad and Number 1 romance lift) and courses are closed for safety reasons after an avalanche
The Chuo quad, Number 1 pair, Number 2 pair and Number 3 pair lifts are open
Last night skiing of the season tonight
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth & information:
240cm
12 lifts and 17 courses are open
The Osawa (Active Zone) section is now closed for the season
The three pair lifts from the base of the Atema (Forest Zone) section on the Tokamachi side are also now closed for the season
Access to the open section of Atema is now via the Panorama lifts (until Sunday 30th March)
From 31st March only four lifts from the hotel base to Panorama Zone will be open
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Kagura
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 450cm
Base: 380cm
All sections of Kagura are open with 27 of 30 runs available and 12 lifts operating
The top Number 5 pair lift & BC gate were scheduled to close on 30th March, but will remain open beyond that date (new closing date unconfirmed)
The Dragondola connection with Naeba ski area is now closed for the season
Planned closing date (Tashiro Ropeway): Tuesday 6th May 2025
Planned closing date (Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway): Sunday 18th May 2025
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth & information:
270cm
5 of 5 ski lifts are operating
14 of 16 courses are open
Last night skiing of the season tonight
Planned closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 310cm
Base: 110cm
All lifts apart from Maiko Number 2 pair lift are open
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 400cm
Base: 200cm
3 of 4 ski lifts are open
10 of 11 courses are open
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Naeba
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 240cm
Base: 160cm
6 of 12 ski lifts are open
9 of 24 courses are open
The Dragondola connection with Kagura ski area is now closed for the season
Last night skiing of the season tonight
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth & information:
220cm
The Number 3 quad lift and C-D detour and D courses are closed
From 1st April, only the Number 1 triple lift is scheduled to operate
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025 (extended from original planned closing date of 31st March)
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 280cm
Base: 140cm
The Summit Panorama pair lift and Cosmos lift will be open until 31st March
The Kogen Express lift will be open until 6th April
The base Yuki Asobi Park will also be open until 6th April
The lift connection with GALA Yuzawa is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth & information:
215cm
The Number 1, Number 3 and Number 5 lifts are open
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth & information:
200cm
The Number 1, Number 7 and Number 9 lifts are open
Planned closing date: Monday 31st March 2025
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 29th March 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1239cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 72 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 62cm 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.