Yuzawa Now: Thursday 31st March 2016
- Mar 31, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 424cm
Posted on Thursday 31st March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
It's another clear and light blue sky hazy kind of start to the day here. The sun is out, the pollen is flying, and after temperatures reaching as high as 19 degrees in the valley yesterday... the snow is melting pretty quickly.
We actually got some rain last night though I don't think it lasted too long. It was coming down quite hard at one point though.
So anyway, it's clear again this morning and it may not get quite as warm today. Warmer again tomorrow. And sunshine forecast for today, tomorrow and Saturday.
Today is the last day of the season for the NASPA Ski Garden resort.
Maiko Snow Resort have also announced that they will not be able to open on 9th/10th April as originally planned, so this coming Sunday (3rd April) will be the last day of their season.
I'm not quite sure how the town level Yuzawa Park is able to remain open until now, but apparently they are. Official snow depth over there is 10cm but I suspect that it's 10cm less than that in most areas! Gambatte-imasu ne.
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Resort official snow depths (Thursday 31st March 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Lower slopes around town now have little or no snow on them, though higher areas still enjoy good snow cover.
Best to head high.
Some of the below official snow depths seem a little... optimistic... with some surrounding areas at lower resorts closer to 0cm.
Resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
GALA Yuzawa
Central Area and part of North Area remain open.
Plans to be part open until Sunday 8th May
110cm
Iwappara
Middle area only remains open
Plans to be part open (upper areas only) daily until Sunday 3rd April
35cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Plans to be part open daily until Sunday 3rd April
70cm
Kagura
Plans to be open until 29th May (via Mitsumata; until 8th May via Tashiro)
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
Plans to be part open until Sunday 24th April
80-100cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Just the upper Okusoeji area remains open now
Plans to be open until Sunday 3rd April
90cm (Okusoeji)
Naeba
Plans to be part open until Sunday 3rd April
80cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Today is the last day of the season for NASPA Ski Garden
35cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Plans to be part open until Sunday 3rd April
90cm
Yuzawa Park
10cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 31st March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 424cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 38cm reported on 5 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.