Yuzawa Now: Sunday 31st December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 291cm
Posted on Sunday 31st December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
UPDATE:
Unfortunately, the GALA Yuzawa resort has closed and some other lifts at other resorts may be affected by some fairly strong winds in higher areas this morning.
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Good morning from Yuzawa.
And here we are on New Years Eve already. Time really does seem to just fly by, doesn't it. It has been a good end of the year though with the decent snowfall, helping to really get things kicking things off properly at resorts around the area. The popular slopes were really busy yesterday as is expected and today should be the same.
There is just a bit of fresh cm of snow to report this morning (from yesterday, with 10cm being reported by Kagura). It is a chilly start but it's destined to be rather mild today. And while we are starting off with generally cloudy/overcast skies, sunshine is likely later on. It should be a good day to be out enjoying the snow. As I said it is likely to be a busy day today with people enjoying their last ride of the season. Here's a shout out and thank you to all the busy folk out there at the ski resorts and hotels, keeping it all going! Otsukaresama.
The Southern Area of the GALA Yuzawa resort will be opening from this morning. There's often some nice deep snow over in that area and it always seems to be much quieter than the rest of the resort even on a busy day.
And of course the top pair lift of Kagura should be opening for the season from tomorrow.
Anyway I hope that you all enjoy New Years Eve and here's too a great 2018. Thanks for reading the reports and using the site. There's loads of the season left to go of course - and hopefully loads of regular snow too... and it should be snowing again from tomorrow.
See you in 2018.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- Southern Area opening from today
- 190cm
Iwappara
- 135cm
Kagura
- The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from tomorrow!
- Kagura area: 280cm
- Mitsumata area: 180cm
- Tashiro area: 230cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 160cm
Naeba
- 190cm
NASPA Ski Garden
- 165cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 180cm
- Base: 130cm
Yuzawa Park
- 135cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 130cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 160cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 150cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 170cm
- Base: 110cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 200cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 31st December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 291cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm 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.