Yuzawa Now: Monday 7th April 2025
- Apr 7, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: 8 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1243cm
Posted on Monday 7th April 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It is Monday morning and we start the week with cloudy/overcast skies. There seems to be a chance that we might get some sun later on but it's not going to warm up much over around 10C in town. It will probably be warmer and sunnier tomorrow.
Three ski areas remain open in the region. Kandatsu Snow Resort is hoping to be open for another week and then GALA Yuzawa and Kagura plan to continue into May.
Check the list below for details of what remains open. A few more details have been added from today. The information will continue to be checked with official information sources and updated as necessary every morning.
Please note that a few ski areas might continue with sightseeing or 'playing in the snow' activities over the coming weeks. For example, Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway is open for sightseeing and also offering an area called 'Snow Experience in Spring' (sledding etc). This report will concentrate only on skiing/snowboarding activities.
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Ski area information for Monday 7th April 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
All planned closing dates and scheduled operations information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 290cm
Four lifts are operating (Diligence gondola, Barouche quad, Coach pair and Victoria quad)
Four courses in the Central Area are open (Entertainment, Edelweiss, Gigi and Grenoble)
Four courses in the Northern Area are open (Broadway, Super Broadway, Swan and Super Swan)
The Quest Snow Park in the Northern Area is open
The Falcon downhill course is still open, with access via the tunnel close to the Cheers base
Spring season operating times are 8:00am until 4:00pm
Planned closing date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
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Kagura
Official snow depth: 430cm (top) / 350cm (base)
Both bases (Mitsumata Ropeway and Tashiro Ropeway) are open
All sections of Kagura are open with 27 of 30 runs available and 12 lifts operating
The top Number 5 lift at Kagura is still open
The Dragondola lift connection between Tashiro and Naeba ski area is now closed for the season
The Ropeways are both open from 8:00am until 4:30pm (last one up at 3:00pm)
Planned closing date (Tashiro Ropeway): Tuesday 6th May 2025
Planned closing date (Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway): Sunday 18th May 2025
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Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth: 245cm
Four lifts are operating (A, B, C and E)
12 of 16 courses are open
All four park areas are open
Open from 8:00am until 4:00pm
Planned closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025
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The following ski areas have now closed (for skiing/snowboarding) for the 2024-2025 season:
Chateau Shiozawa
Hakkai Sanroku
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Joetsu Kokusai
Ipponsugi Snow Park
Iwappara
Maiko Snow Resort
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Naeba
Nakazato Snow Wood
NASPA Ski Garden
Yuzawa Kogen
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Yuzawa Park
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Monday 7th April 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (20th February) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 286cm reported on 18 days February 2025 snowfall 539cm reported on 23 days March 2025 snowfall 66cm reported on 13 days April 2025 snowfall 0cm |
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.