Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
- Jan 3, 2023
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this seas 204cm
Posted on Tuesday 3rd January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It has been snowing since the report yesterday, heavily at times. :)
Here's how much fresh snowfall ski areas are reporting this morning:
- Kagura: 20cm
- Naeba: 15-20cm
- Maiko: 40cm
Those numbers for Kagura and Naeba seem surprisingly low, Maiko is more like what we are seeing.
By 6pm last night we measured 11cm of fresh snow at our measuring point in town. This morning as of 8:30am there is another 29cm on there, so a total of 40cm since yesterday.
This is good!
There's a curious lack of the huge icicles you sometimes get on house roofs and stormy winds (in town at least), but these last few days Yuzawa seems more like itself. With a few more days of snow on the forecasts, it looks set to continue building up very nicely. The snow depth numbers that the ski areas are reporting also look more normal now!
Sudden heavy snow of course brings dangers and there is increased avalanche risk out there now with Kagura closing a few runs including the Kagura-Tashiro connecting run. The top Number 5 lift will be closed again.
Take care out there if you are venturing out.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 220cm
The Central Area, Northern Area and downhill course are open
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): ?cm
Official snow depth: 200cm
Night skiing until 8:00pm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 120cm
Night skiing until 7:00pm
Joetsu Kokusai
Night skiing until 9:00pm
Official snow depth: 190cm (top)
Kagura
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 20cm
Official snow depth: 250cm (top), 180cm (base)
Both base Ropeways are open but some limitations due to weather conditions this morning
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 185cm
The D lift normally only operates on weekends and holidays
Maiko Snow Resort
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 40cm
Official snow depth: 230cm (top), 110cm (lower)
Night skiing until 8:00pm (Maiko Area)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 200cm (top), 120cm (base)
The top pair lift normally only operates on weekdays and holidays
Naeba
Fresh snowfall (reported by the ski area): 15-20cm
Official snow depth: 140cm (top), 80cm (base)
Night skiing until 8:30pm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 195cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth: 160cm (top); 90m (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 155cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 140cm
Yuzawa Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Tuesday 3rd January 2023 Total snowfall at base so far 204cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (2nd January) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 123cm reported on 14 days January 2023 snowfall 81cm reported on 2 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.