Yuzawa Now: Sunday 30th December 2018
- Dec 30, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 39cm
Snowfall at base this season 227cm
Posted on Sunday 30th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow has continued falling - pretty much consistently since my last report.
By 5pm yesterday, I was wiping off 14cm of snow... and there is another 25cm of it this morning. So that's 39cm of fresh snowfall that I have measured since yesterday morning and my friend in a different location is reporting similar.
After waiting for the proper snow to arrive - we will have got close to 1.5m of it fall over a period of just three days. What a way to end the year!
And - it's still snowing, though perhaps easing off a bit during the day today.
In ski resort news, Kagura is only part open again this morning - the Tashiro area closed and only part of the main Kagura area. Kagura and Maiko Snow Resort are both reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall; Ishiuchi Maruyama are reporting 30-35cm.
Most ski resorts are now close to being fully open and there is certainly more than enough snow to enjoy great conditions now. Visibility is poor and it's cold -- come prepared and take care!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 200cm (official snow depth)
* The Central and Northern Areas of GALA Yuzawa are open
* All lifts apart from Chariot, Landau Ropeway (to Yuzawa Kogen) and Waggonette are now normally operating
* All of the Central Area is open including the ‘Snow Enjoyment Park’
* The Broadway, Swan and Roman Holiday courses in the Northern Area are open
Iwappara
- 150cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts and courses are now open
Kagura
- Kagura area: 220cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata area: 180cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro area: 200cm (official snow depth)
* All areas and almost all lifts and courses across Kagura are now open
* Downhill course back to Mitsumata Ropeway is now open
* The top Kagura Number 5 romance lift should be open from 1st January 2019
Kandatsu Kogen
- 140cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts are now normally operating
Naeba
* Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 140cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts and courses are now normally open
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 150cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 100cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts and courses are now (normally) open
Yuzawa Park
- 80cm (official snow depth)
* The Number 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 lifts are operating
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 125cm
* Yuzawa Nakazato is now mostly open
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 170cm (official snow depth)
* All three of the base areas are now open and all lifts are scheduled to be operating
Joetsu Kokusai
- 180cm
* Joetsu Kokusai is now mostly open
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 180cm (official snow depth) Not updated
- Base: 100cm (official snow depth)
* All lifts are now operating with most courses open
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 170cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 30th December 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 227cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (29th December) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 225cm reported on 12 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.