Yuzawa Now: Sunday 5th January 2020
- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this seas 83cm
Posted on Sunday 5th January 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Light snow most of the day yesterday, with even some blue sky appearing for a short while before it got dark, but then the snow clouds moved back in and we have a fairly decent amount of fresh snowfall this morning.
The highest Kagura resort is reporting another 30cm, so with the snow from yesterday conditions should be excellent up there.
Yuzawa Kogen are also reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall on their upper slopes.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10-25cm of fresh snowfall and Ishiuchi Maruyama is reporting 20cm.
We are measuring 16cm at town level.
So while the snow isn't uniformly deep yet, conditions should be pretty good in most areas this morning.
Light snow is forecast through the day today, though as of 8:30am it isn't snowing in town though still higher up. Might just be a lull...
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Just to be clearer on one point. The joint lift ticket for Yuzawa Kogen - GALA Yuzawa - Ishiuchi Maruyama is available. The Ropeway connection between Yuzawa Kogen and GALA Yuzawa is not yet operating and so you'll need to get a free shuttle bus between the two base areas of those resorts if you want to go from one to the other.
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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 and Super Swan 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: 120cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All three base Entrances now open
- Most courses apart from some advanced courses now open
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Iwappara
- Number 2 and 3 pair lifts, Number 1 romance lift, Chuo quad and summit quad are operating
- 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 50cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 12 lifts operating
- 10 courses open
- Official snow depth: 70cm
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, C and E lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 110cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- Gondola, Okusoechi quad and pair lifts are operating
- 8 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
- Official snow depth: 100cm (upper); 20cm (base)
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: 70cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts operating
- All main courses apart from Course A now open
- Mogul and Slopestyle not yet open
- Kids Garden open
- Official snow depth: 75cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- Cosmos lift, Summit Panorama, Kogen Express lifts also operating
- Official snow depth: 70cm (Kogen); 20cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Yuzawa Park
- Number 1 and 7 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 50cm
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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 Sunday 5th January 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 83cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (5th January) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 44cm 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.