Yuzawa Now: Saturday 4th January 2020
- Jan 4, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this seas 68cm
Posted on Saturday 4th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Updated at 10:15am
Good morning from Yuzawa.
I really, really like to be able to report snowfall!
And this morning Kagura reporting 'over 40cm' sounds great to me. Naeba seems to be saying a similar number on mountain. That sounds more like what we expect to be getting here in Yuzawa.
There has not been as much further down and out into the valley to the north, with resorts reporting around 10cm or so at base areas. I think that is fairly representative.
The fresh snowfall on the mountains appears to be allowing more lifts and courses to open.
More of Iwappara, Ishiuchi Maruyama and Joetsu Kokusai to the north are opening up this morning; most of GALA Yuzawa is now open apart from the Southern Area.
Other good news is that today the link up between Yuzawa Kogen, GALA Yuzawa and Ishiuchi Maruyama is also available - with a shared lift ticket and lift/course connections. (Note the Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen and GALA Yuzawa does not appear to be operating yet).
Light snowfall is due to be falling during the day today, with heaving snow again overnight. Fingers crossed everyone.
Nighta at Kandatsu tonight from 6pm until 2am tomorrow morning!
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Currently open:
GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area courses are open
- Most of the Northern Area is now open - Super Broadway, Super Swan, Roman Holiday B not yet available
- All lifts apart from the Southern Area lift and Ropeway connecting with Yuzawa Kogen are now operating
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
- Official snow depth: 100cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Lifts from each of the base areas are now operating, though the mountain is not yet fully open
- Official snow depth: 70cm (upper); 20-25cm (base)
Iwappara
- Number 2 and 3 pair lifts, Number 1 romance lift, Chuo quad and summit quad are operating
- 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 12 lifts operating
- 10 courses open
- Official snow depth: 50cm
Kagura
- All areas are open with most courses now available
- Both the Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway bases ropeways are operating
- The lift/course connection between Tashiro Area and Kagura Area is available
- Top gate not yet operating, though the top Number 5 lift is operating
- The Dragondola from Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 110cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- A, B and C lifts are operating and 5 courses open
- Official snow depth: 75cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Gondola, Okusoechi quad and pair lifts are operating
- 7 courses in the top Okusoechi area are open. Take the Gondola back down to base.
- The Maiko Center quad lift is also operating on the other side of the resort with the Paradise course open
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway and Number 1 and 3 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Naeba
- Large part of Naeba is now open
- Official snow depth: 50cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts operating
- C, E, F, G and H courses open
- Kids Garden open
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- Cosmos lift, Summit Panorama, Kogen Express lifts also operating
- Official snow depth: 50cm (Kogen); 10cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 7 lift operating
- Official snow depth: 30cm
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Other ski resorts
Chateau Shiozawa
Part open
Ipponsugi
Open
Itsukamachi
Part open
Muica Snow Resort
Part open
Nakazato Snow Wood
Part open
Hakkai Sanroku
Not open yet
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Unconfirmed
Mt Granview
Unconfirmed
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 4th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 68cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November, 28th December and 1st January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 29cm 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.