Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1109cm
Posted on Wednesday 3rd March 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
The rain that was forecast (and unfortunately we got) yesterday turned into snow later on and it is nice to see a layer of white this morning.
Here's what ski areas are reporting:
Kagura: 15-30cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 15cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 10cm
Iwappara: 5-10cm
As spring approaches there are going to be more days when there is fresh snow on the mountain and less (or none) down in town. Any reports of snowfall from ski areas will, of course, be reported here.
There is some light snow lingering early morning but it's due to clear and we might get sunny skies later on. Even so, it should remain fairly cold today.
Tomorrow is due to be sunny and mild.
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GALA Yuzawa are saying that they will be closed until Sunday 7th March. Hopefully that means they will be able to be back open come Monday.
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Someone asked about Kandatsu Snow Resort and their lift operations.
On their website they say 全コースOPEN ('all courses open').
Below that they make a note to say that weekends and holidays are フルオープン ('Full Open').
Debatable wording aside, here's what the situation is:
On weekends and holidays Kandatsu is indeed 'fully open' - that is, all lifts and all courses are open.
However, on weekdays the D quad lift is rested and the Milky Way and Super Antares courses are effectively... closed (because you need to take the D quad lift to get to them).
This is actually not a special 2020-2021 season thing - they have operated like that for a number of seasons now.
Interesting fact:
There used to be another operating 1300m quad lift at Kandatsu, going up from close to the D lift to the top of the Milky Way course... that lift disappeared from course maps around 2000 (but remains in place).
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GALA Yuzawa
Closed until Sunday 7th March
Official snow depth:
360cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 260cm
Iwappara
Number 2 pair lift open today
Official snow depth:
210cm
Joetsu Kokusai
3 lifts and 9 courses in the Nagamine and Panorama areas
Official snow depth:
270cm
Kagura
Kagura Number 1 quad and Number 5 pair might not open today
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 290cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (D lift and 2 courses closed)
Official snow depth:
245cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Gondola closed today due to wind; top Okusoeji area may also be affected
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Should be open as planned
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 250cm
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from Course C open, 3 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
230cm
Naeba
6 lifts (including Number 2 Gondola) and 14 courses scheduled to open
Official snow depth:
Top: 180cm
Base: 150cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Top Kogen area might be closed due to wind - depending on conditions
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 220cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
190cm
Yuzawa Park
Closed today
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas. Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
GALA Yuzawa:
All courses are scheduled to be open every day. On weekdays the Sociable lift will be closed for the time being.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
On weekdays, the Green Lift and Chuo triple lifts are closed for the time being.
Iwappara:
On most weekdays, only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara is open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends.
Base to summit areas are open on weekends.
Joetsu Kokusai:
On weekdays the main area in front of the hotel and (at least part of) Panorama area are open.
The Osawa area will be open on 27th-28th February.
Otherwise, the Atema and Osawa areas are closed for the time being.
NASPA Ski Garden:
All lifts and courses are open on weekends.
The Number 2 and 3 lifts are rested on weekdays, when all courses but C will be open.
This change is planned until 7th March.
Yuzawa Park:
Closed on the following dates:
Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th February
Monday 1st; Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th; Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th March
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 3rd March 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1109cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 292cm reported on 14 days March 2021 snowfall 9cm reported on 1 day |
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.