Yuzawa Now: Thursday 5th January 2017
- Jan 5, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 159cm
Posted on Thursday 5th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
And after enduring some more rain/sleet during the day yesterday in town (snow if you went higher), this morning we have some proper snow to report.
Here's the headlines from the ski resorts (fresh snowfall):
Kagura: 20cm
Mitsumata: 15cm
Tashiro: 15cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 10-15cm on lower areas; 25cm at top
We are measuring 12cm in Yuzawa and 8cm outside the office in Shiozawa, so somewhere around 10cm at town level and more as you go higher.
I'm also happy to report that it is still snowing and hopefully should be for the day and into tomorrow so there should be more in my next report.
We might get some clearer weather conditions for a few days from tomorrow, with a return to snow sometime around Monday-Tuesday.
Good to see a refresh; more please!
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Resort-specific info as of Thursday 5th January 2017
GALA Yuzawa
11 courses in the Central and North areas are open as well as the sledding area.
Official snow depth: 140cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Lifts from all three base areas are operating and most course areas are available.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Iwappara
Iwappara is part open. 5 lifts and 14 courses are open - mid to upper areas.
The resort has stopped nighta for the moment.
Official snow depth: 40cm
Joetsu Kokusai
13 lifts are operating and 11 courses are open in front of the hotel and in the Panorama and Atema areas.
The resort has stopped nighta for the moment.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Kagura
All areas of Kagura are open.
The top Kagura Number 5 lift is now open.
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 170cm
Mitsumata - 150cm
Tashiro - 130cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Kandatsu Kogen is now mostly open and four lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 100cm
Maiko Snow Resort
The upper Okusoeji area and part of the Maiko area are open.
The resort has stopped nighta for the moment.
8 lifts and 12 courses are available.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 120cm
Base - 20cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
The Ropeway, Number 1 and 3 romance pair lifts are operating.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Naeba
Most lifts operating. Please see Naeba Now report for more specific details.
Official snow depth: 100cm
NASPA Ski Garden
NASPA Ski Garden is open. All lifts are operating and all courses (apart from the mogul and slopestyle course) are open.
Official snow depth: 80cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Kogen is mostly open including the lower Nunoba area.
All lifts operating.
Official snow depth:
Top - 110cm
Base - 40cm
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 1, 3 and 7 lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Nakazato is open with all lifts operating.
Official snow depth: 50cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 5th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 159cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (11th and 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 13cm reported on 2 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.