Yuzawa Now: Friday 5th February 2021
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 48cm
Snowfall at base this seas 887cm
Posted on Friday 5th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Loads of fresh snowfall to report once again! Perhaps even more than we expected.
It was really coming down at a fast pace at times last night and this morning we have some impressive fresh snowfall numbers:
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 60cm
Iwappara: 50-60cm
Maiko Snow Resort: more than 40cm
48cm has just been measured at our point.
The snow seems to be easing off early morning and we are due for the skies to start clearing. We might get some sunshine and blue skies. And we will almost definitely get sunshine during the day tomorrow.
It should be an excellent day today, and tomorrow should be very good too.
Hopefully everyone will be able to enjoy a good weekend.
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Interesting news from Kandatsu Kogen. It might be mid-season, but they are opening a 'new course'. Or perhaps, as they say in places, an 'almost new course' (ほぼ新コース)
It is so (almost) new that they have not named it yet!
It's basically that area between the Sirius and Pegasus courses. Whatever the wording, new stuff sounds good.
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses open
Official snow depth:
310cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 330cm
Iwappara
Number 2 pair lift in the central area only open
Official snow depth:
260cm
Joetsu Kokusai
9 courses in the main Nagamine and Panorama areas open
Official snow depth:
260cm
Kagura
Currently closed
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (A, B, C, E lifts)
Official snow depth:
240cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All areas and courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 330cm
Base: 240cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from Course C open
Official snow depth:
225cm
Naeba
Currently closed
Yuzawa Kogen
Base and Kogen areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2 and 3 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
275cm
Yuzawa Park
Closed during weekdays at the moment
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas:
Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
GALA Yuzawa:
The Sociable lift will be closed on weekdays for the time being, with slightly earlier closing times. These lift changes will not affect the ski runs that are open.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
The Green Lift and Chuo triple lift will be closed. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
Iwappara:
On weekdays only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara will be open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends. Weekends unchanged.
Kagura:
All areas of Kagura will be closed from until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
Joetsu Kokusai:
The Atema and Osawa areas are currently closed for the time being. On weekdays the area in front of the hotel is open. The Panorama area is open on weekends and certain weekdays. These changes planned until 10th February.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed and will closed be until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
Naeba:
Closed until early February. Currently no confirmed re-opening date.
NASPA Ski Garden:
The Number 2 and 3 lifts will be rested on weekdays, when the C course will be closed (all other courses open). This change is planned until 7th February.
Yuzawa Park:
Yuzawa Park will be closed Mondays through Thursdays until 19th February (though open on Monday 25th January).
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Friday 5th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 887cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 79cm reported on 4 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.