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Yuzawa Now: Sunday 2nd January 2022

  • Jan 2, 2022
  • 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 384cm

Posted on Sunday 2nd January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


It is a beautiful morning. The sun is out and there is just a bit cloud around.


10cm of snow again by last night and just a dusting overnight. There might be some more snow overnight tonight though and then a day of snow due for Tuesday.


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The BC Gate and top Number 5 pair lift at Kagura are not open yet, that opening has been delayed as they deal with all the snow. The connecting course between Kagura and Tashiro and downhill course are also closed today.


The Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is not open yet and we'll let you know when that opens up. The main Central and Northern areas are both open.


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With the heavy snow over the last week or so, we are now in the very happy position for ski areas to be pretty much fully open... or as open as they plan to be on each day, weather conditions permitting.


There will be some exceptions to that and we will give mention to any significant news we find in each report. We'll do that up here in the main text. For the time being, the list below will be updated with official snow depths and any fresh snow that ski areas are reporting each morning.


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All information is manually checked each morning and is subject to change.


GALA Yuzawa

Southern Area not yet open.

Official snow depth:

230cm



Ishiuchi Maruyama

Reported snowfall (by the ski area):

10cm

Official snow depth:

190cm



Iwappara

Official snow depth:

190cm



Joetsu Kokusai

Official snow depth:

210cm



Kagura

40cm

Official snow depth:

Top: 250cm

Base: 180cm



Kandatsu Snow Resort

Lift & course info:

All lifts operating and most courses are open

Official snow depth:

190cm



Maiko Snow Resort

Reported snowfall (by the ski area):

20cm

Official snow depth:

220cm (top)

190cm (lower)



Muikamachi Hakkaisan

Official snow depth:

240cm (top)

170cm (base)


Naeba

Official snow depth:

190cm (top)

160cm (base)



NASPA Ski Garden

Official snow depth:

200cm



Yuzawa Kogen

Official snow depth:

200cm (top)

120cm (base)



Yuzawa Nakazato

Official snow depth:

185cm



Yuzawa Park

Operating lifts:

All lifts operating

Official snow depth:

215cm



Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Sunday 2nd January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 384cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (28th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 63cm reported on 2 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.


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