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Yuzawa Now: Thursday 30th April 2015

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 23, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1303cm

Posted on Thursday 30th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Yuzawa.


Guess what -- it's more sunshine this morning, and these conditions still expected to continue until the end of the weekend with some rain due as we enter early next week.


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Official snow depths:

** General opening plans - any unplanned closures will be mentioned in the above report **


GALA Yuzawa:

Official snow depth of 150cm.

Most of the Central Area and part of the North Area remain open. The South Area is now closed.

The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola.


Kagura:

Official snow depth of 290cm.

All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open.


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Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region

Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed.


Open until Wednesday May 6th:


- Naeba (** ONLY OPEN Saturday 2nd until Wednesday 6th **)

- GALA Yuzawa

- Kagura (Tashiro)


Open until Sunday May 31st:


- Kagura (Mitsumata)



Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Thursday 30th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day



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