Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
- Apr 2, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 1021cm
Posted on Tuesday 2nd April 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It was cold yesterday and is again this morning.
And guess what... there's more snow on the ground in town this morning. 2-3cm of it, with the trees and roofs seeing a new thin layer of snow. No info at time of writing from Kagura but we will update the report later in the day to reflect what they measure.
And there is more snow due today and through into tomorrow as well (though it is not snowing just now as the report is being written).
Very interesting weather at this stage of the season.
The NASPA Ski Garden ski hill is now closed; the small Ipponsugi and Yuzawa Nakazato up next. After that, there's a handful of resorts closing at the end of the day on Sunday. More info below.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 250cm (official snow depth)
- The Central Area and part of the Northern Area remain open
- The lift connections between GALA Yuzawa and Yuzawa Kogen and Ishiuchi Maruyama are now closed
Iwappara
- 90cm (official snow depth)
- All areas remain open
Kagura
- Kagura: 260cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata Area: 200cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro Area: 230cm (official snow depth)
Kandatsu Kogen
- 185cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 110cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Top: 150cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 90cm (official snow depth)
- The lift connection between the top area and the North Area of GALA Yuzawa resort is now closed
Joetsu Kokusai
- 160cm (official snow depth)
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Planned closing dates for each ski resort in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma (subject to change)
Until Tuesday 2nd April
- Ipponsugi
Until Wednesday 3rd April
- Yuzawa Nakazato
Until Sunday 7th April
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Iwappara
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Maiko Snow Resort (* note: closed from 1st through 5th April)
- Nakazato Snow Wood
Until Sunday 21st April
- Kandatsu Kogen
Until Monday 6th May
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro Ropeway)
Until Sunday 26th May
- Kagura (via Mitsumata Ropeway)
Already closed
- Chateau Shiozawa
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Itsukamachi
- Muica Snow Resort
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Naeba
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Park
- Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 2nd April 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 1021cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 523cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 190cm reported on 14 days March 2019 snowfall 50cm reported on 6 days April 2019 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.