Yuzawa Now: Sunday 3rd May 2026
- May 3
- 3 min read
Updated: 11 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 917cm
Posted on Sunday 3rd May 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
It's a light grey and overcast kind of morning early on. Rain is expected from tonight and much of tomorrow.
After the not nice weather (particularly on Friday) and Kagura being closed for the last two days, it does appear to be opening this morning. Including the Tashiro Area, which has apparently survived the storm!
It might still get fairly windy up there today.
Official snow depth may not have been updated yet on the official site (there's no time/date stamp), but it remains unchanged at 110cm top and 30cm base. (Actually, I wonder where that 'base' measurement is coming from). After the rain and wind and warmth, 'unchanged' seems... unlikely.
The main Kagura run is looking more patchy than it was three days ago, but still offering fairly decent cover, even with some hints of brown. The ski area is displaying that 19 of 30 courses as open and 12 lifts operating.
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Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 110cm
Base: 30cm
Operations:
12 of 17 lifts.
Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases are open.
19 of 30 ski runs are still available, according to the official website this morning.
Some walking is now involved on the way back to base using Mitsumata Ropeway. What does that mean? Well, on the way back from the still-open ski runs at Kagura to Mitsumata at the end of the day, this is what you need to do:
- after getting off the Kagura gondola, take the Mitsumata Number 2 pair lift (as usual)
- walk 170m to the top of the Mitsumata quad lift
- ride the Mitsumata quad lift down
- walk 230m over to the top of Mitsumata Ropeway
- take the Mitsumata Ropeway back to base
The Tashiro Area (and Tashiro Ropeway) plans to be open until 6th May.
The Kagura Area (via Mitsumata Ropeway) plans to be open until Sunday 17th May.
Closing dates are subject to change - it will all depend on how much snow remains!
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All other ski areas in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region have now closed for skiing and snowboarding.
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Data as of Sunday 3rd May 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 917cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 132cm reported on 13 days March 2026 snowfall 34cm reported on 6 days April 2026 snowfall 0cm May 2026 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.