Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 5th February 2014
- Feb 5, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 468cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
This is the kind of report I like writing, especially after all that warm stuff going on over the last week.
Yes, it has been snowing and we got a decent amount too. Strong winds overnight mean it's difficult to put a number on it, but there was over 30cm on my car outside and in places it looks more than that.
Resorts that report numbers are reporting the following as their haul of fresh overnight:
Naeba - 30-40cm
Kagura - 60cm
Maiko Snow Resort - 40cm
Some of the resorts are adding big chunks of cm to their official snow depths this morning, in the 40cm range. (Though curiously Kagura have got 60cm of fresh but not added any to the official snow depth!)
But you can get the idea.
What's even better is that it is continuing to snow now.
The strong wind is still around and affecting some lifts - particularly up at Kagura it's only open from Mitsumata Ropeway to the Kagura Gondola so with Tashiro completely closed it's only a very limited area open up there. I can't find any other major issues with lifts, though you might expect some to be moving a bit smaller if the wind continues.
Snow forecast to continue through the day and into tomorrow. Perhaps a break from the snow on Friday, but back to snow for the weekend.
It's great to see winter return. If we get a fair bit today as well the slopes should have all got a good refresh.
Long may it stay!
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Official resort snow depths @ Wednesday 5th February 2014, AM:
Naeba:
220cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
260cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
310cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
230cm
Gala Yuzawa:
270cm
Iwappara:
190cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
290cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
170cm
Yuzawa Park:
160cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
240cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
220cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
190cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 468cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th and 13th January) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 297cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 35cm reported on 1 day |
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.