Yuzawa Now: Sunday 3rd January 2021
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this seas 555cm
Posted on Sunday 3rd January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Light snow still falling here and while it has been snowing for large parts of the time since the report yesterday, there's not a huge amount of fresh to report.
Here's what resorts are reporting this morning:
Kagura: 15cm
Maiko: 10cm
Ishiuchi: 10cm
All in units of 5cm of course ;)
Yesterday evening 9cm of snow was moved off our measuring point and this morning there is another 7cm on there. So 16cm to report.
Just light snow for the moment but it might ease off during the day today. Some conflicting forecasts for tomorrow - some say snow, some say the chance of some sunshine.
I'll let you know!
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We have been wondering what to do with the below information regarding each ski area.
Basically all of the ski areas in the region are now open... and open as 'normal'.
For some ski areas, that means that some lifts are being rested on weekdays - and that is and has always been the plan. For some ski areas, lifts are being rested for the whole season. Saying that, for example, 3 of 5 lifts are operating might make it appear that they are not 'fully open', when in fact they are open as they planned to be and all runs are accessible. And of course each ski area has it's own way of doing things.
So if there is no individual 'notes' in the list below, presume that are basically open as normal. We'll do what we can to make note of any significant news available in a morning.
We'll keep on thinking about how best to present information and will adjust again as we feel appropriate.
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GALA Yuzawa
Central and Northern Areas fully open
Official snow depth:
290cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth:
Mid: 270cm
Iwappara
Summit quad lift back up and running
Official snow depth:
250cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
250cm
Kagura
Top Kagura Number 5 pair lift opening delayed
No confirmed opening date for that lift currently available
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 230cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
220cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 290cm
Base: 210cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 180cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
245cm
Naeba
Top area closed, but the Number 2 gondola and Takenokodaira pair lift are operating
Official snow depth:
Top: 120cm
Base: 100cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth:
265cm
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Sunday 3rd January 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 555cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 102cm reported on 3 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.