Yuzawa Now: Thursday 31st December 2020
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this seas 453cm
Posted on Thursday 31st December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It took a while to happen, but that rain yesterday morning turned into snow in the afternoon, and this morning we have a good layer of fresh snow. 34cm can go onto our report. We were actually expecting more, but there's no complaining!
Here's the headlines from around the ski areas this morning:
Kagura are reporting 60cm of snowfall, though only the Mitsumata Area of Kagura is open. The Tashiro Area is closed. The Kagura Number 5 Romance lift was due to open from Friday (1st January) but they are delaying that until when the weather calms down.
Only the lower areas of Naeba are open this morning due to strong winds and visibility on the mountain.
The top quad at Iwappara is closed as they deal with 50cm of snowfall overnight.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 30cm and Muikamachi Hakkaisan are reporting 40cm.
It is still snowing now, though not heavily just at the moment. Snow clouds should be over the region and delivering through at least Saturday so we are going to be getting more.
That's it for 2020...
453cm of snowfall observed in town so far this season. That is the most since the 2014-2015 season, ridiculously much more than last season and considerably over average.
How will the rest of the season shape up? Let's hope we get good consistent snow through the season.
Wishing you a safe New Years Eve. See you tomorrow as we start 2021.
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GALA Yuzawa
Operating lifts:
- Diligence Gondola
- Barouche quad lift
- Sociable quad lift
- Coach pair lift
- Phaeton pair lift
- Victoria quad lift
- Chariot pair lift
Courses open:
- Central Area (all open)
- Northern Area (all open except Roman Holiday B and Snow Park)
- Downhill course (Falcon)
Official snow depth:
- 230cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lift & course info:
- All lifts and all areas open
Official snow depth:
- Top: 200cm
- Base: 110cm
Iwappara
Operating lifts:
- Number 1 pair parallel
- Number 2 pair
- Number 3 pair
- Central quad
Official snow depth:
- 225cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Lift & course info:
- All areas now open
Official snow depth:
- 210cm
Kagura
Lifts & course info:
- Just Mitsumata Area open this morning due to weather conditions
Official snow depth:
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 230cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Lift & course info:
- All lifts operating and all courses open
Official snow depth:
- 190cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Lift & course info:
- All areas now open
Official snow depth:
- 250cm (top)
- 150cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Lift & course info:
- 11/14 courses open
- 4/4 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
- 220cm (top)
- 120cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Lift & course info:
- All lifts are operating and all main courses open
Official snow depth:
- 215cm
Naeba
Lift & course info:
- Large part of Naeba terrain available
- 12 of 22 courses open
- 5 of 12 lifts operating
- Dragondola between Naeba and Tashiro open
Official snow depth:
- 110cm (top)
- 90cm (base)
Yuzawa Kogen
Lift & course info:
- Kogen and base areas now open
Official snow depth:
- 240cm (top)
- 180cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
Lift & course info:
- Mostly open
Official snow depth:
- 240cm
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Thursday 31st December 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 453cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm 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.