Yuzawa Now: Friday 4th April 2025
- Apr 4, 2025
- 4 min read
Updated: 7 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 Friday 4th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Well, the grey and rather miserable weather down in town continues this morning.
Kagura is this morning reporting 3cm of snow up top and it looks like there might have been a slight dusting of snow on the top of the quad lift building at GALA (photo below).
Happily, the rain in town is due to ease off by lunchtime and we should be getting some relief from tomorrow.
The forecast clearer skies and sunshine (for tomorrow) will be very welcome, and local forecasts predict that to be the dominant weather until at least mid-week.
It will be getting warmer too, though not drastically so. It has been strangely cold for early April so far. (That would be great if we were getting snowed on, not so great when it is raining).
Sunday is the last day of the ski season for the following ski areas:
Ishiuchi Maruyama (Minamiuonuma)
Joetsu Kokusai (Minamiuonuma)
Naeba (Yuzawa)
Nakazato Snow Wood (Yuzawa)
NASPA Ski Garden (Yuzawa)
Yuzawa Kogen (Yuzawa)
From Monday, just three ski areas will be open:
GALA Yuzawa
Kagura
Kandatsu Snow Resort
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Ski area information for Friday 4th April 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City listed in alphabetical order.
All planned closing dates and operations information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth & information:
310cm
The Central Area, most of the Northern Area and the downhill trail are open
The Sociable quad lift is closed, but that does not affect skiable area
The lift connections with Yuzawa Kogen and Ishiuchi Maruyama are now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth & information:
240cm
4 lifts are open (Sunrise Express, Tyrol triple, Summit quad and Kanko Number 3 Express); access via the Chuo/Main Entrance
The connection with GALA Yuzawa at the summit is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth & information:
200cm
4 lifts from the hotel base up to Panorama Zone remain open; 8 courses open
The Osawa (Active Zone) and Atema (Forest Zone) sections are now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Kagura
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 450cm
Base: 380cm
All sections of Kagura are open with 27 of 30 runs available and 12 lifts operating
The exact status of the top Number 5 lift going forward is unclear, but it is still showing as scheduled to be open
The Dragondola lift connection between Tashiro and Naeba ski area is now closed for the season
Planned closing date (Tashiro Ropeway): Tuesday 6th May 2025
Planned closing date (Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway): Sunday 18th May 2025
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth & information:
255cm
4 of 5 ski lifts are operating
12 of 16 courses are open
Planned closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025
Naeba
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 200cm
Base: 130cm
3 lifts are open (Prince Number 2 gondola, Number 5 quad and Number 4 pair)
4 of 24 courses are open
The Dragondola lift connection between Naeba and Tashiro (Kagura ski area) is now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth & information:
200cm
The Number 1 triple lift (by the hotel) is open
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth & information:
Top: 280cm
Base: ?cm
The Kogen Express lift and base Yuki Asobi Park are open until 6th April
The Summit Panorama pair lift, Cosmos lift and lift connection with GALA Yuzawa are now closed for the season
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
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Other ski areas in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region that remain open:
Ipponsugi Snow Park (until today)
Nakazato Snow Wood (until Sunday 6th April)
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The following ski areas have now closed for the 2024-2025 season:
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Iwappara
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
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Data as of Friday 4th April 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 |
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.