Yuzawa Now: Saturday 2nd November 2024
- Nov 2, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 28, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Saturday 2nd November 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Greetings from Yuzawa and welcome back to the Yuzawa Now reports.
Well, summer 2024 was very hot. And autumn was hot too, right up into October.
Thankfully, we are now enjoying cooler weather and even some chilly conditions at times. Long term forecasts seem to be cautiously optimistic that we might get good snowfall this coming season. Let it be so!
The planned opening dates of ski areas around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma can be found below. All of those dates are, of course, subject to change. It will all depend on snowfall and weather conditions.
The information on SnowJapan is in the process of being updated, something that will take us through next month.
Generally there don't seem to be any major changes to report for ski areas in this region. The biggest thing is probably price rises - they are going up again this year at most ski areas; some by a few hundred yen, some by more than that.
Unfortunately, three ski areas (Ishiuchi Hanaoka, Itsukamachi and Mt Granview) will be sitting out the season again. There does not seem to be any public talk of possible re-openings for those ski areas at present. (Information on Ishiuchi Hanaoka has been added to the SnowJapanHistory website here).
That's it for now.
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Here are the planned opening dates for ski areas around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. All dates are subject to change and will depend on snowfall.
Saturday 23rd November 2024:
Kagura (via Mitsumata)
Saturday 7th December 2024:
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 13th December 2024:
GALA Yuzawa
Saturday 14th December 2024:
Naeba
Yuzawa Kogen
Friday 20th December 2024:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort
Muica Snow Resort
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 21st December 2024:
Iwappara
Kagura (Tashiro)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Late December 2024:
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Nakazato Snow Wood
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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.