Yuzawa Now: Saturday 6th December 2014
- Dec 6, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 15cm
Posted on Saturday 6th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
This is a bit more like it!
The morning rain yesterday turned into sleet and then in the afternoon it was snowing. It's still snowing now actually and outside SnowJapan HQ in Minamiuonuma we have probably around 10-15cm of snow on the ground. Not a massive amount for sure, but it's the first cm on the ground and a very welcome sight indeed. The forecast is for continued snow through the day today and tomorrow as well, so let's see it build up.
Kagura were last night reporting 15cm in the Mitsumata car park and this morning reporting 20-40cm of fresh snow up there on their slopes. From today the Mitsumata area will be used as a 'connection' to Kagura. Which means no more shuttle bus needed. So here's the line up at Kagura this morning, the first four being 'lifts open to get you there' so to speak:
- Mitsumata Ropeway
- Mitsumata Number 1 Quad lift
- Mitsumata Number 3 Romance pair lift
- Kagura Gondola
- Kagura Number 1 Quad (every day)
- Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift (holidays)
I would imagine that with continued snowfall today, they will quite quickly be getting more terrain open up, (perhaps even today and probably tomorrow - just guessing there).
The Tashiro Ropeway is now scheduled to be open from tomorrow, so no opening there this morning.
There's no word yet from Iwappara and Joetsu Kokusai but surely there's not enough snow yet to open. They both planned to open today so will now be opening up as soon as they can.
---
Ski resorts in Yuzawa town
Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma City
---
Resorts currently open:
Kagura (Mitsumata Ropeway)
---
Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date):
Sunday 7th December:
Kagura Tashiro
As soon as there's enough snow to open:
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Saturday 13th December:
Maiko Snow Resort
Naeba
Friday 19th December:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Muikamachi Ski Resort
Yuzawa Nakazato
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Park
Saturday 20th December:
Chateau Shiozawa
GALA Yuzawa
Ipponsugi
Kandatsu Kogen
Ludens Yuzawa
Nakazato Snow Wood
Muimamachi Hakkaisan
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Kogen (Nunoba area)
Tuesday 23rd December:
Itsukamachi
Thursday 25th December:
Hakkaisanroku
Saturday 27th December:
Ishiuchi Hanaoka
Late December
Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 6th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (6th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day |
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.