Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 5th May 2015
- May 5, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1303cm
Posted on Tuesday 5th May 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We enjoyed the sun for lots of the day yesterday, a bit of a wind in the afternoon and cloudier conditions later on with then rain during the night. Quite heavy at times too.
It is not raining this morning but cloud remains over the area and it is very noticeably not as warm as it has been over the last week or so. We are forecast to get to see the sun again today but it doesn't look like it will get as hot with the local forecast predicting a high of about 20 degrees.
Tomorrow it's sun all the way and more like mid-20s so that should be good weather for the last day of the season at GALA Yuzawa, Naeba and Tashiro areas. Naeba were hoping to be able to keep the Daishamen course open, but have had to close it due to the lack of snow up there. Snow melt has been fast over the last week or so...
From Thursday onwards only Kagura (via Mitsumata Ropeway) will remain open and they plan to continue on until the end of May.
We'll be posting our last daily update of the season tomorrow, and then reports at least once a week until Kagura closes.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
Official snow depth of 110cm.
Most of the Central Area and part of the North Area remain open. The South Area is now closed.
The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola.
Kagura:
Official snow depth of 270cm.
All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open.
Naeba:
Official snow depth of 80cm.
Part of the upper area of Naeba will open from until 6th May.
The Daishamen course has now closed.
All lower areas are closed.
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Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa region
Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed.
Open until Wednesday May 6th:
- Naeba
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro)
Open until Sunday May 31st:
- Kagura (Mitsumata)
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Tuesday 5th May 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day May 2015 snowfall 0cm |
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.