Yuzawa Now: Saturday 3rd May 2025
- May 3, 2025
- 3 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 1243cm
Posted on Saturday 3rd May 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Yesterday the wind seemed to be around until around the middle of the day and then we got rain. Not nice, and not great for the snow.
This morning the runs at GALA Yuzawa are looking in much better shape than they were yesterday morning. They have clearly been busy moving some snow around and trying to patch things up. From the webcam images, it looks like they have done a pretty good! The ski area has stated the intention to remain open through Tuesday as originally planned. Gambatte!
Not good news from Kagura, though. Mitsumata Ropeway is going to be out of action for the whole day today, due to some kind of mechanical trouble. Oh dear. That means Kagura will only be open via Tashiro Ropeway - and only 4 Tashiro ski lifts will be open. The Tashiro car park is going to fill up very quickly. (I wonder if the ski area will provide a shuttle bus or something from Mitsumata car park? No such news is available at time of this report). That situation is very unfortunate timing with today being the first of four holidays and lots of people expected to be around.
8:00am update: The ski area has said that the Tashiro car park is already full. (But no official word on any kind of special shuttle bus service).
It is a cloudy start to the day but we might get some sun. Currently there is a chance of some light rain at times tomorrow, but back to sun on Monday.
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Ski area information for Saturday 3rd May 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
All planned closing dates and scheduled operations information is subject to change.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 60cm
The Gondola and two lifts are operating (Diligence gondola, Barouche quad and Victoria quad)
Three courses in the Central Area are open (Entertainment, Edelweiss and Gigi)
Four courses in the Northern Area are open (Broadway, Super Broadway, Swan and Super Swan)
The Snow Enjoyment Park and Quest Snow Park are open
The Southern Area, top Grenoble course and Falcon downhill course are now closed for the season
Spring season operating times are 8:00am until 4:00pm
Planned closing date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Kagura
Official snow depth: 300cm (top) / 220cm (base)
Mitsumata Ropeway is closed today, so access only via Tashiro Ropeway
12 of 30 runs available and 5 Tashiro lifts operating
The Dragondola lift connection between Tashiro and Naeba ski area is also closed for the season
The Ropeway is both open from 8:00am until 4:30pm (last one up at 3:00pm)
Planned closing date (Tashiro Ropeway): Tuesday 6th May 2025
Planned closing date (Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway): Sunday 18th May 2025
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The following ski areas have now closed (for skiing/snowboarding) for the 2024-2025 season:
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Joetsu Kokusai
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Iwappara
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Naeba
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 3rd May 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 13 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm May 2025 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.