Yuzawa Now: Saturday 31st January 2015
- Jan 31, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 979cm
Posted on Saturday 31st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa where it's snowing lightly early on and hovering around 0 degrees.
Snow did arrive yesterday later in the morning, very lightly at first and then heavier at times during the afternoon though it didn't end up with many cm on the ground by the end of the day. It's interesting how sometimes it builds up at an alarmingly fast rate and other times it just doesn't seem to want to!
Anyway this morning outside there's less than 5cm of snow on my car so just a thin layer at the moment. Looking around the resorts, both Maiko Snow Resort and Naeba are reporting 5-10cm on their slopes while Kagura are coming in with 20cm of fresh.
There's a bit of wind blowing around and that is unfortunately affecting the Tashiro part of Kagura which is going to be closed for the day. The Mitsumata Station of Kagura will be open with lifts up to the Kagura Number 1 Romance lift planned to be moving. If anything the wind is forecast to get stronger as the day goes on, so I doubt there will be any improvements to that particular situation.
So yes, snow forecast for the day and tomorrow as well. There might not be a huge amount so far, but I think tomorrow morning there will be quite a lot more to report.
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Hold on a moment... just looking out of the window here and I can actually just now see a bit of blue sky appear from behind the clouds and the sun is even making an appearance.
That will very probably just be a temporary thing as clearing up is definitely not on any of the forecasts.
Will let you know how the day went tomorrow morning.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
390cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
320cm
Iwappara:
235cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
230cm
Kagura:
320cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
320cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
310cm (upper)
240cm (lower)
Naeba:
260cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
285cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
320cm (Kogen)
260cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
215cm
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Nighta in the area
Nighta 'night skiing' - where some slopes are floodlit for skiing and snowboarding in the evening - is available at the following resorts in the area.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
Every day until 21st March (until 8:50pm)
Iwappara:
Every day until 22nd March (until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays, 9pm on Saturdays)
Joetsu Kokusai:
Every day until 22nd March (until 9pm)
Kandatsu Kogen:
From 23rd January, 'all night' on Fridays and Saturdays (6pm or 10pm until 4am the next morning)
Maiko Snow Resort:
Every day until 14th March (until 8pm)
Naeba:
Every day until 29th March (until 9pm)
All night on 17th January; 14th February and 14th March (10pm until 6am)
NASPA Ski Garden (skiers only):
Saturdays until 29th February (until 7pm)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
Saturdays until 14th March (until 8:30pm)
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 31st January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 979cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 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.