Yuzawa Now: Thursday 4th January 2018
- Jan 4, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 386cm
Posted on Thursday 4th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Lots more snow again to report this morning.
The fresh snowfall headlines:
Kagura: 70cm
Kagura Mitsumata: 30cm
Kagura Tashiro: 50cm
Naeba: 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 40cm
I have measured a fresh 28cm since yesterday morning down at town level.
Summary - very nice top-up of snow from upper slopes down to base with really heavy snow up top.
It is still snowing this morning. Heavier at times than others and the forecast shows things easing off later on today.
Tomorrow is currently forecast to be cloudy with some forecasts showing a chance of sun. With all the fresh new snowfall out on the slopes, it should be a great day.
Less people around now with the New Year holidays over though the upcoming weekend is another very popular weekend of the season due to Monday being a national holiday in Japan.
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 240cm
Iwappara
- 190cm
Kagura
- Only the Mitsumata Area open today due to strong winds
- The top Kagura Number 5 lift is now open for the season
- Kagura area: 300cm
- Mitsumata area: 200cm
- Tashiro area: 250cm
Kandatsu Kogen
- 220cm
Naeba
- 220cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
- 225cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 220cm
- Base: 160cm
Yuzawa Park
- 170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 160cm
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa):
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- 200cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 170cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 250cm
- Base: 150cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Closed on Wednesdays between 10th Jan and 14th Mar
- 230cm
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 4th January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 386cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 95cm 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.