Yuzawa Now: Monday 5th April 2021
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1109cm
Posted on Monday 5th April 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We did get some rain in the afternoon yesterday but perhaps we should be happy that it held off until later on.
There is still some rain around this morning but it is due to ease off hopefully quickly and we might end the day with some sun. Early morning there's what looks like cloud/fog at higher elevations with limited visibility.
It definitely feels much cooler than it has been over the last few days and currently it is about 6C and not forecast to rise much beyond that today.
Tomorrow is due to be sunny and a little warmer than today.
With yesterday being the last day of the season for some ski areas, from today we are down to just four: Kagura, Naeba, GALA Yuzawa and Kandatsu.
At Naeba, just the Takenokodaira and Daishamen courses in the upper area of the mountain remain open - you need to get the gondola back down as all base areas are now closed.
GALA Yuzawa has now closed their downhill Falcon course so you need to get the gondola back down there too.
The planned closing dates of those ski areas are noted in the list below. It will be interesting to see if Kagura in particular will be able to remain open until 23rd May.
We'll keep an eye out for any adjustments. Regular Yuzawa Now reports will continue into early May.
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GALA Yuzawa
GALA Yuzawa is part open
All of the courses in the Central Area except Melody are open
The Swan, Super Swan, Broadway and Super Broadway courses in the Northern Area are open
Other courses now closed (including the downhill Falcon course)
GALA Yuzawa plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
140cm
Kagura
Kagura is mostly open
Almost all courses available; downhill course at Mitsumata closed
The Kagura Area (via Mitsumata) plans to be open until Sunday 23rd May
The Tashiro Area plans to be open until Wednesday 5th May
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 190cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Kandatsu Snow Resort is part open
The D lift and Milky Way, Super Antares and Andromeda courses are closed today
Kandatsu Snow Resort plans to be open until Sunday 18th April
Official snow depth:
95cm
Naeba
Naeba is part open
The Takenokodaira and Daishamen courses are open
The Prince Number 2 Gondola, Daishamen and Takenokodaira lifts are operating today
Lower ski courses are now all closed - you need to take the gondola back down to base
Naeba plans to be open until Tuesday 13th April
Official snow depth:
Top: 100cm
Base: 0cm
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Monday 5th April 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 1109cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 292cm reported on 14 days March 2021 snowfall 9cm reported on 1 day April 2021 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.