Yuzawa Now: Saturday 5th March 2016
- Mar 5, 2016
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 415cm
Posted on Saturday 5th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Hello from Yuzawa on this Saturday morning.
Yesterday ended up being a very hazy and sunny/bright day in the region and temperatures rose to around 8-9C degrees here in town.
While it felt rather chilly outside just before, it's forecast to very quickly warm up today and it might get up to around 12C by mid afternoon. Tomorrow is set to get even warmer, perhaps close to 15C. I'm sure I don't need to point out that snow will be melting in those temperatures!
On the subject of rain, it is looking likely that we might avoid it tomorrow, but it still due around Monday.
The good news looking ahead is that starting Tuesday it should start getting colder once again and there's even a hint of snow on the forecast mid week. So hopefully, there is hope for us to see some more fresh snow. We usually do in March.
Otherwise, expect spring snow conditions this weekend with the better snow to be found in higher resort areas where it is keeping colder.
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It's the 64th Echigo Yuzawa Onsen Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival) tonight in central Yuzawa with some events going on and fireworks scheduled for 8:40pm. It starts at 6pm with the main event held at the Nunoba ski hill area close by to Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway (about 10 minutes walk from the West Exit of Echigo Yuzawa Station).
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Resort official snow depths (Saturday 5th March 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma:
GALA Yuzawa
180cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
140cm
Iwappara
110cm
Joetsu Kokusai
160cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
135-165cm
Maiko Snow Resort
160cm (upper)
55cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
160cm
Naeba
130cm
NASPA Ski Garden
110cm
Yuzawa Kogen
140cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
85cm
Yuzawa Park
90cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 415cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 151cm reported on 14 days March 2016 snowfall 29cm 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.