Yuzawa Now: Saturday 3rd January 2026
- Jan 3
- 3 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this seas 232cm
Posted on Saturday 3rd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
I'm very happy to report some very good snowfall overnight.
After clearing some yesterday evening, I have just cleared another 32cm of snow. Total 35cm since my last report.
Excellent.
The only new snowfall info I can find from ski areas is 40cm from Kagura and 20-30cm being reported by Naeba. They don't do that every day. (A common moan on these reports dating back many years is the lack of this info each morning... I so wish they would make it a habit to say how much fresh snow has fallen each morning)
Anyway, it is still snowing with more due through today, so hopefully there might be another good number to report tomorrow.
This snowfall is really going to help and the official snow depths are starting to catch up now.
Forecasts indicate some sun tomorrow morning with more snow coming in on Monday.
Feeling positive!
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
100cm
Notes:
The Central Area and Northern Area are both fully open
The connection in the Northern Area with Ishiuchi Maruyama is open
The Southern Area (and Ropeway connection with Yuzawa Kogen) is not yet open
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
The ski area doesn't seem to be mentioning snow depth right now
Notes:
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa is now open
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Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
60cm
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Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
100cm
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Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Base: 90cm
Notes:
Both of the base areas (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open
The Dragondola ropeway connection between Tashiro and Naeba is scheduled to be open
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
90cm
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Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
150cm
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 140cm
Base: 50cm
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Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 100cm
Base: 70cm
Notes:
Both of the base areas (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open
The Dragondola connection between Tashiro Area and Naeba is scheduled to be open
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NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
100cm
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Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 80cm
Base: 30cm
Notes:
The Ropeway connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is not yet open
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Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
55cm
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Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
60cm
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Saturday 3rd January 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 232cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 76cm 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.