Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 31st January 2018
- Jan 31, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 683cm
Posted on Wednesday 31st January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
So we got more snow yesterday morning and it gradually eased off during the day. By evening there were clearer skies, and this morning we have beautiful clear skies over Yuzawa. It looks like there's some wind out there, but not enough to affect resort operations and otherwise it should be an excellent morning. (While the forecast on our site is spot on, some local forecasts have 'cloud' for this morning and then snow again by late afternoon; though they are certainly wrong with the former part of that! The clouds seem to be lingering over the northern part of Minamiuonuma, but leaving our region out for now).
Maiko Snow Resort aren't reporting any fresh snow, but that's 'from last night'... we got snow during the day which is what I am recording below. I don't have any early numbers from Kagura or Ishiuchi Maruyama either this morning.
We are expecting possibly clearer and calmer weather conditions tomorrow and Friday too, with snow likely to return from the weekend.
The last week has seen a very large amount of snow arrive which has really built up the base. What would be great now is regular topups with some days like today dotted in between!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 330cm
Iwappara
- 235cm
Kagura
- Kagura area: 350cm
- Mitsumata area: 250cm
- Tashiro area: 300cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 255cm
Naeba
- 240cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 260cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 280cm
- Base: 230cm
Yuzawa Park
- 190cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 200cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 320cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 310cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 270cm
- Base: 190cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays until 14th March
- 340cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 31st January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 683cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 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.