Yuzawa Now: Friday 2nd April 2021
- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 26, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1109cm
Posted on Friday 2nd April 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We have clear skies above Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma again this morning and the sun is out. We might have more cloud later on but generally sunny and warm conditions forecast through the end of tomorrow. High temperatures around 15C, maybe rising above that tomorrow.
Sunday looks set to be more cloudy, bringing with it the chance of some rain later in the day. Let's hope we can avoid that.
This weekend is the last weekend of the season for Yuzawa Nakazato, Ishiuchi Maruyama and Maiko Snow Resort - and also the smaller Ipponsugi and Nakazato Snow Wood.
From Monday our choice for skiing and snowboarding will be down to Kagura, Naeba, GALA Yuzawa and Kandatsu.
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Lots of farmers are busy now with diggers breaking up the snow as they want to get to their fields.
We might not have had much snow since March and some warm conditions, but there's still snow on most of those rice fields.
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GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is part open
All of the courses in the Central Area are open
The Swan, Super Swan, Broadway and Super Broadway courses in the Northern Area are open
The Falcon downhill course is also still open - access via the tunnel close to Cheers
The Southern Area and the Landau Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen are now closed for the season
GALA Yuzawa plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
170cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Ishiuchi Maruyama is part open
Access via the Main Entrance and the Sunrise Express lift; open up to summit with 5 lifts operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama plans to be open until Sunday 4th April
Official snow depth:
Mid: 90cm
Kagura
Kagura is mostly open
Almost all courses available; downhill course at Mitsumata closed
The Kagura Area (via Mitsumata) plans to be open until Sunday 23rd May
The Tashiro Area plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
Top: 260cm
Base: 210cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Kandatsu Snow Resort is part open
The D lift and Milky Way, Super Antares and Andromeda courses are closed today
All lifts and courses are open on weekends
Kandatsu Snow Resort plans to be open until Sunday 18th April
Official snow depth:
120cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort is part open
4 lifts and 11 courses in the Nagamine and Okusoeji areas are open today
The Maiko Area is now closed
Maiko Snow Resort plans to be open until Sunday 4th April
Official snow depth:
Top: 130cm
Bottom: 30cm
Naeba
Naeba is part open
The Prince Number 2 Gondola, Number 5 high speed and Takenokodaira lifts are operating today
You can still ride back down to base on a thin strip of snow on lower areas
Naeba plans to be open until Tuesday 13th April
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Base: 40cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open
The Number 2 and 3 lifts are operating today
Yuzawa Nakazato plans to be open until Sunday 4th April
Official snow depth:
70cm
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The small Ipponsugi and Yuzawa Snow Wood ski areas also plan to be open until 4th April
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Ski areas not listed above are now closed for the 2020-2021 season
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd April 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1109cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 292cm reported on 14 days March 2021 snowfall 9cm reported on 1 day April 2021 snowfall 0cm |
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.