Yuzawa Now: Friday 3rd April 2026
- Apr 3
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 917cm
Posted on Friday 3rd April 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
6pm update
Strong winds are forecast tomorrow (Saturday 4th April) along with the rain. As of 6pm this evening, Yuzawa Kogen, GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi Maruyama have all announced that they will be closed for the day tomorrow.
Over at Kagrua ski area, the Tashiro and central Kagura areas will also be closed tomorrow... and a decision regarding Mitsumata Area will be made tomorrow morning.
Naeba seems to be planning on having only the Number 4 lift operating tomorrow.
There doesn't seem to be any word regarding tomorrow from Kandatsu Snow Resort, but that ski areas has officially said that they might not be able to remain open until the planned closing date of 19th April.
Original morning report
Morning from Yuzawa.
There's been a fair amount of cloud around this morning but it is largely cleared up now. The sun is out and it's a fine morning.
A very welcome contrast to yesterday, which was... not nice!
There might be more rain tomorrow with improved conditions more likely on Sunday.
The coming weekend is the last for Naeba, Ishiuchi Maruyama and Yuzawa Kogen. Operations at all three of those are limited now as the snow dries up.
From next week the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa will be closed for the season, leaving that ski area with the Central Area open.
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 3rd April 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 917cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 132cm reported on 13 days March 2026 snowfall 34cm reported on 6 days April 2026 snowfall 0cm |
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.