Yuzawa Now: Sunday 6th February 2022
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 101cm (!)
Snowfall at base this seas 1001cm
Posted on Sunday 6th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
And... wow. It was really snowing hard when the report was made yesterday morning, and by 6pm 41cm of snow on the main measuring point. That snow was completed cleared and as of 9am this morning there is another 60cm on there (that's what you can see on the photo below). That gives us a full 101cm since yesterday morning.
Amazing.
In the last day or so the snow walls by the side of roads suddenly seem to have gone from looking kind of cool and friendly to almost looking a bit sinister! (Just kidding - they look great).
Remember, some of the snowfall numbers reported by ski areas below are 'since last night' rather than 24 hours, while others a more vague 'since yesterday'. We think it would be more useful to be really clear about that, but it is the way it is.
So yes, absolutely tons of snow and it is still snowing now so we are probably going to have another fairly big number tomorrow. After that we can expect a few days of calmer and perhaps brighter weather.
As exciting as crazy snowfall is, super care will be required in these conditions.
Only the Mitsumata area of Kagura is open this morning. At one point earlier on the Route 17 road around Mitsumata was closed due to an avalanche affecting the road but that seems to be clearer now. Other ski areas look like they are opening this morning but there will be delays with some lifts are ski areas deal with the snow.
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth:
380cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
50cm since last night
Official snow depth:
370cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth:
330cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
350cm
Kagura
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
60cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 350cm
Base: 270cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
330cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
more than 50cm (since last night)
Official snow depth:
400cm (top)
280cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
340cm (top)
250cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth:
290cm (top)
240cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
370cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
?cm
Official snow depth:
350cm (top)
260cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
295cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
270cm
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Sunday 6th February 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 1001cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 101cm (6th February) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 481cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 199cm reported on 6 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.