Yuzawa Now: Friday 2nd March 2018
- Mar 2, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 853cm
Posted on Friday 2nd March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we actually saw a bit of blue sky and sunshine for a short time during the day, amongst the nastiness of early morning and later stronger winds.
But this morning I am happy to be able to report fresh snowfall. Here is what ski resorts are saying this morning:
Kagura: 10cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
It's good to see some fresh snow on the ground and feel colder conditions too. There was 5cm on the top of my car which was parked just to the north of Ishiuchi Maruyama overnight and 8cm at our usual measuring point. And it is snowing now - rather windy too.
Due to the winds it looks like Yuzawa Kogen is closed this morning as well as the Tashiro area of Kagura (and Kagura is open up until the Gondola). Other ski resorts appear to be planning on opening as normal. With these weather conditions though, there may well need to be adjustments or disruptions. Not the friendliest of weather conditions!
Tomorrow is expected to be much calmer and sunny from the start. And warm too, with Sunday getting even warmer. (Quite possibly alarmingly so!)
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
Checked and updated every morning. Note that some ski resorts may not have updated their own info at the time this report is published.
GALA Yuzawa
- 320cm
Iwappara
- 185cm
Kagura
- Kagura area: 370cm
- Mitsumata area: 270cm
- Tashiro area: 320cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 240cm
Naeba
- 250cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 220cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 290cm
- Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Park
- 170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 170cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 250cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 220cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 240cm
- Base: 130cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March
- 370cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd March 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 853cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 8cm 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.