Yuzawa Now: Monday 2nd January 2023
- Jan 2, 2023
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 41cm
Snowfall at base this seas 164cm
Posted on Monday 2nd January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Excellent news this morning with snow coming down in true Yuzawa style.
It didn't feel quite so excellent yesterday evening. After some fine weather during the day, we got rained on, but it thankfully quite quickly turned into snow and apparently has been snowing all night.
Here's how much fresh snowfall ski areas are reporting this morning:
- Kagura: 60cm
- Naeba: 40cm
- Yuzawa Kogen: 40cm
- Maiko: 50cm
- Ishiuchi: 40cm
At our measuring point there is 41cm, with just under 25cm to the south in the Shiozawa area of Minamiuonuma.
Now this feels more like normal! And with more due over the next few days, conditions are set to get a significant boost.
Brilliant.
Let's see how long it can continue.
The Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed today but other ski areas appear to be opening as planned.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 160cm
The Central Area, Northern Area and downhill course are open
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 40cm
Official snow depth: 180cm
Night skiing until 8:00pm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 90cm
Night skiing until 8:00pm
Joetsu Kokusai
Night skiing until 9:00pm
Official snow depth: 160cm (top)
Kagura
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 60cm
Official snow depth: 200cm (top), 140cm (base)
The Tashiro Area is closed today
The Kagura Area is open up to the Number 1 lift (top Number 5 and 4 lifts closed)
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 180cm
The D lift normally only operates on weekends and holidays
Maiko Snow Resort
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 50cm
Official snow depth: 200cm (top), 80cm (lower)
Night skiing until 8:00pm (Maiko Area)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 180cm (top), 90cm (base)
The top pair lift normally only operates on weekdays and holidays
Naeba
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 40cm
Official snow depth: 140cm (top), 80cm (base)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 40cm
Official snow depth: 130cm (top); 70cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 135cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 110cm
Yuzawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Monday 2nd January 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 164cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (2nd January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 123cm reported on 14 days January 2023 snowfall 41cm 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.