Yuzawa Now: Friday 6th February 2026
- Feb 6
- 3 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 785cm
Posted on Friday 6th February 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Beautiful weather yesterday... but too warm, rising up to over 8C in town mid-afternoon. We lost over 50cm of snow in my garden over the last two days. (There's still a lot there).
Today is not going to be as warm and actually get colder from around lunchtime. As of 7:40am we have a lot of cloud around. We might have to put up with some rain, but snow is forecast for later on and also tomorrow and Sunday.
Forecasts seem to vary regarding how much snow we should expect across the next several days; some say it will be heavy snow. That sounds good to me!
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GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
300cm
Notes:
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama and the Southern Area (Ropeway) connection with Yuzawa Kogen are both open
Special night skiing is planned for 14th, 21st, 28th March and 4th April
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Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
270cm
Notes:
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa is now open
Daily floodlit night skiing until 28th February and then Fridays and Saturdays until 28th March (until 8:00pm)
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Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
170cm
Notes:
Daily floodlit night skiing until 28th March (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays, until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
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Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
280cm
Notes:
Daily floodlit night skiing until 22nd March (until 9:00pm)
The Atema and Osawa base car parks (and associated runs) are scheduled to be open on weekends only
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Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 310cm
Base: 280cm
Notes:
Only the Mitsumata Area is open today
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
235cm
Notes:
Floodlit night skiing on Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays until 28th March (until 2:00am the next morning)
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Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
300cm
Notes:
Floodlit night skiing on Saturdays and Sundays until 14th March (until 8:00pm on Saturdays and 7:00pm on Sundays)
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Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 370cm
Base: 240cm
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Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 200cm
Notes:
Daily floodlit night skiing until 21st March (until 8:30pm)
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NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
256cm
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Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 300cm
Base: 150cm
Notes:
The upper Kogen area and base area are both open
The Ropeway connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is now open
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Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
200cm
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 6th February 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 785cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 34cm reported on 3 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.