Yuzawa Now: Friday 2nd February 2024
- Feb 2, 2024
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this seas 468cm
Posted on Friday 2nd February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The rain yesterday morning thankfully did turn into snow as it got colder during the day, and by this morning there was around 10cm of snow around town areas, though roads were quickly cleared.
Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 10cm of fresh snow. (Without wanting to beat down on the same point repeatedly, I wish more ski areas reported fresh snow! It's a real shame that Kagura rarely do now...)
Anyway, there should be some freshness out there this morning.
The day has started cloudy, though there has been some (very) light snow falling in some higher elevations early on.
Apparently there was some kind of fire at a building (a small eating establishment) in the middle of Iwappara ski area last night. Looks like it has been burnt down... though the ski area seems to be opening as normal (and not mentioning it) this morning. Happily, no-one was hurt.
We might get some sun over the weekend, though it doesn't look like it'll be clear blue skies. It might end up being just cloudy. and there seems to be more snowfall on the forecasts in the early part of next week
As always, fresh snow falling or not, let's hope it remains cold!
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 150cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama is available
The Southern Area connection with Yuzawa Kogen is available
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 130cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa is available
Night skiing until 8:00pm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 110cm
Night skiing until 7:00pm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 170cm (top)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
Kagura
Official snow depth: 210cm (top), 160cm (base)
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 115cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 10cm
Official snow depth: 170cm (top), 60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 240cm (top), 100cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth: 120cm (top), 60cm (base)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
See our Naeba Now report
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 115cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth: 140cm (top), 70cm (base)
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is available
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 115cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 120cm
Yuzawa Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd February 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 468cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (23rd December) November 2023 snowfall 14cm reported on 2 days December 2023 snowfall 137cm reported on 9 days January 2024 snowfall 306cm reported on 15 days February 2024 snowfall 11cm 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.