Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 30th December 2014
- Dec 30, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 559cm
Posted on Tuesday 30th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It wasn't the best of days yesterday in terms of weather and associated conditions. Rain at times, some snow at higher elevations, and limited visibility as well in many areas due to cloud and fog.
This morning Kagura are reporting 5cm of snow but there's no fresh to see down here in town - Maiko is reporting 2cm on it's slopes so perhaps a thin cover early morning around the resorts.
It looks a bit wet out, but not raining or snowing now. In fact the sun is starting to shine through some thin cloud over there. The forecast for the day however is snow and it does look like snow clouds should be over the area again a little later on this morning.
I didn't mention this on Saturday when this started but better late than never - the link up between Yuzawa Kogen, GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi Maruyama resorts is now open. Between the first two it's a Ropeway across from Yuzawa Kogen to the South Area of GALA Yuzawa. The link between GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi takes you from the North Area of GALA Yuzawa to the top of the Ishiuchi Maruyama resort area. A special ticket is available that allows you to have free ride of all of that lot.
Lots of New Years events going on around the resorts mostly tomorrow night and Thursday night - expect to see a few fireworks going up!
So how's the weather going to be? Well, forecasts are telling us to expect some today, a milder day tomorrow but temperatures to take a drop tomorrow night and snow to be falling. Might not be the best weather for the fireworks. Good chance of heavy snow into and over New Years Day.
It would be good to get a refreshening of the snow out there, but we can't really complain with all the snow we have had this December. Here's hoping 2015 gets off to a snowy start and continues that way.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
300cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
220cm
Iwappara:
160cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
180cm
Kagura:
250cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
210cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
210cm
Naeba:
180cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
240cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
230cm (Kogen)
180cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
160cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 30th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 559cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 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.