Yuzawa Now: Friday 30th December 2016
- Dec 30, 2016
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 26cm
Snowfall at base this season 144cm
Posted on Friday 30th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's a very good morning to you all from Yuzawa.
We have received a decent amount of snow overnight. Here's what the resorts are reporting this morning:
Naeba: 30-40cm
Kagura: 30-40cm
Mitsumata: 30cm
Tashiro: 30cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20-40cm
We are measuring 26cm in our spot and that is about the same in the neighbouring Ishiuchi area.
Nice. :)
Yesterday was a calm and fine day as forecast and indeed it did get cloudy later on in the day before snow started falling. And overnight of course it continued with the snow we have on the ground this morning being the result.
This snow will have suddenly breathed fresh life into lower ski resort areas that were struggling and we can only hope for lots more of this kind of snowfall. Thank you! It is great to see resorts finally getting closer to being 'fully open'.
After all, we really need to remember that 20-30cm is more like the norm in this particular region, rather than something special. We expect this kind of snow (and more) often and consistently.
Anyway it is still snowing now so we should get some more cm today before it eases off. It's probably going to be milder tomorrow and according to some forecasts (but not others), a good chance of sunshine. For the next snowfall after today look towards Tuesday. Come on!!!
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At the start of the day wind is affecting top lifts at Naeba, the Dragondola and parts of Kagura. See below for more. GALA Yuzawa is open as planned.
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Resort-specific info as of Friday 30th December 2016
GALA Yuzawa
9 courses in the Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 100cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lifts from all three base areas are now operating. All but two lifts operating and all courses are now available.
Nighta operations have also started.
Official snow depth: 100cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 7 lifts and 14 courses are open, mostly mid to upper area.
Nighta is now available.
Official snow depth: 60cm
Joetsu Kokusai
More of Joetsu Kokusai is now open with 10 lifts operating and 11 courses up there open.
Official snow depth: 60cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are generally open but wind is affecting the resort this morning.
Mitsumata Ropeway to Kagura Number 1 Romance lift and Tashiro Ropeway to Tashiro Number 6 romance lift areas open at the start of the day.
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 170cm
Mitsumata - 150cm
Tashiro - 130cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is now mostly open with 5 lifts planned to be operating.
Nighta from 6pm until 4am tomorrow morning.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Naeba
Most lifts operating but Dragondola, Number 1 Gondola and upper lift on hold at the start of the day due to strong winds.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Looks like Maiko is going to be opening the Nagamine area today which means that all three of the main areas will be open.
Not fully open yet but 8 lifts and 16 courses should be available.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 110cm
Base - 40cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway, Number 1 and Number 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 80cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open. All lifts are operating and all courses except A Course (and moguls course area) are open.
Official snow depth: 90cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is mostly open including the lower Nunoba area.
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
Top - 100cm
Base - 40cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 1 and Number 7 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 55cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with 6 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 30th December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 144cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th and 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 142cm reported on 13 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.