Yuzawa Now: Saturday 31st December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016
- 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 146cm
Posted on Saturday 31st December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow continued falling yesterday in the daytime but it didn't really amount to much more on the ground (in town anyway) with just a few more cm, and surely a bit more at higher elevations.
Resorts around town are this morning not reporting any fresh snowfall - apart from the top area of Kagura which is reporting 2cm.
It is a cloudy start to this last day of 2016 here in Yuzawa, and while it was a chilly start the forecast is saying mild temperatures of up to around 5C later on -- with precipitation due this afternoon. Rain or snow? Unfortunately it might start with the former, especially at town level, but hopefully quickly change to the latter as it gets colder again. We'll just have to hope that we can avoid rain...
2016 has definitely not been a classic year of snowfall for the region (and generally Japan it seems). Far from it. Now we are going to see the end of the year, we can all look forward and hope for a better outlook in 2017. Loads of snow please!
The daily reports will of course continue, but let me take this opportunity to thank you all for reading and hope you will continue to enjoy all of the reports on SnowJapan in 2017. And let's hope that all of the reports have lots of regular snow to report to you.
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Resort-specific info as of Saturday 31st December 2016
GALA Yuzawa
10 courses in the Central and North areas are open.
Official snow depth: 130cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lifts from all three base areas are now operating. All but one lift operating and all course areas are now available.
Nighta operations have also started.
Official snow depth: 100cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 7 lifts and 14 courses are open.
Nighta is now available.
Official snow depth: 60cm
Joetsu Kokusai
More of Joetsu Kokusai is now open with 17 lifts operating and 16 courses up there open.
Official snow depth: 60cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are open.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift will be open from 1st January.
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: 85cm
Naeba
Most lifts operating. Please see Naeba Now report for more specific details.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Maiko is now mostly open with 10 lifts and 17 courses available.
'Nighta' (floodlit night skiing) operations at Maiko Snow Resort from tonight.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 120cm
Base - 40cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway, Number 1 and Number 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open. All lifts are operating and all courses (apart from the mogul course) are open.
Official snow depth: 85cm
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, 2, 3 and 7 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 55cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with all operating.
Official snow depth: 55cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 31st December 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 146cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th and 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 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.