Yuzawa Now: Monday 6th January 2014
- Jan 6, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 166cm
Posted on Monday 6th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Resorts around town reporting 5cm of snow this morning - ranging from town level to Kagura. I'm putting 10cm though because that is how much was on my car this morning. Curious that the resorts seem to be under-reporting...
The very good news this morning though is that it is really snowing quite heavily right at the moment. Real Yuzawa-style, something we haven't seen enough of yet this season. Forecasts didn't really tell us to expect this but it's coming down good now. We just need it to last and bring us a good thick new layer - snow is forecast now for the day and to clear up later on to be followed by cloud overnight and then sun tomorrow. So it's all about how much we can get during the day today.
With the snow coming down as it is, visibility looks to be poor on all the resorts this morning. There's some wind at higher elevations but apart from the Dragondola connecting Naeba with Tashiro, resorts look open as normal.
After the busy long new year holidays we are back to a normal working week in Japan and so resorts will be getting into normal weekday mode from today. No doubt catching their breath after the crowds.
So tomorrow sun is forecast. After that, we're looking at Thursday for potential decent snowfall again.
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Official resort snow depths @ Monday 6th January 2014, AM:
Naeba:
130cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
200cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
250cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
160cm
Gala Yuzawa:
220cm
Iwappara:
105cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
150cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
90cm
Yuzawa Park:
110cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
160cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
160cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
120cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 6th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 166cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 30cm 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.