Yuzawa Now: Friday 6th December 2019
- Dec 6, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 18cm
Posted on Friday 6th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
I was perhaps slightly over generous with my 1cm of snowfall added to the report yesterday. What was there quickly disappeared from lower areas, and we were rained on later in the day, but this morning we have a fresh layer of snow on the ground and everywhere is once again looking white.
I am measuring just over 5cm.
Kagura resort are this morning reporting 10-15cm of fresh snowfall. No word on expanded operations for the weekend at Kagura, though I would think that is surely a possibility. I will update this report later on today if I hear anything so do check back this evening.
Naeba is also going to be part opening from tomorrow and we'll be updating the Naeba Now report later today.
I'm pretty sure Joetsu Kokusai will not be opening tomorrow (they had a provisional planned opening of 7th December), so they'll be on standby.
The weekly forecast doesn't seem to be showing as much snow potential as it was a few days ago, with a bit of a milder spell currently due early to mid next week. (That would definitely be a 'booooo!')
For now, it's snowing!
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Kagura is currently part open:
- Mitsumata Ropeway (8:00am-5:00pm, last one up a 3:30pm)
- Mitsumata Number 1 quad (8:00am-4:00pm)
- Mitsumata Number 2 romance pair (8:15am-4:30pm)
- Kagura Gondola (8:15am-4:00pm, last one up at 3:00pm)
- Kagura Number 1 quad (8:30am-3:30pm)
1500m of the main Kagura course is available for skiing/snowboarding. The Mitsumata Area is used as a connecting course.
Other ski resorts in the region are closed as we wait for snow.
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Planned opening dates - subject to change of course depending on weather/snow conditions.
Now part open:
- Kagura (via Mitsumata)
Saturday 7th December 2019
- Joetsu Kokusai
- Naeba
Friday 13th December 2019
- Maiko Snow Resort
Saturday 14th December 2019
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (via Tashiro)
- Kandatsu Snow Resort
- Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Nakazato
Friday 20th December 2019
- Muica Snow Resort
- Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- NASPA Ski Garden
- Yuzawa Park
Saturday 21st December 2019
- Hakkai Sanroku
- Ipponsugi
- Iwappara
- Nakazato Snow Wood
Wednesday 25th December 2019
- Itsukamachi
Thursday 26th December 2019
- Chateau Shiozawa
Saturday 28th December 2019
- Ishiuchi Hanaoka
- Mt Granview
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 6th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 18cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 6cm 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.