Yuzawa Now: Friday 7th February 2020
- Feb 7, 2020
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 29cm
Snowfall at base this seas 227cm
Posted on Friday 7th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The snow continued falling into the evening yesterday, longer than we were perhaps expecting according to the forecasts. Not complaining! By 4pm I had wiped 15cm off the measuring point and this morning there's an additional 14cm on there. So that's a total of 29cm since my report yesterday morning.
It was coming down very nicely. It was cold. Large icicles forming. Trees laden with snow. Brilliant.
And this morning the sun is out and we are treated to blue skies and sunshine. It is a beautiful morning. Nice and cold. I am in awe!
Kagura eventually reported over 50cm yesterday and this morning they are reporting another 15cm. Maiko are only reporting 10cm of snow, but that is from 'last night'. (I often wonder why some ski resorts seemingly just ignore snow that falls in a daytime and only report 'overnight'...)
With snow now piled up on the side of the roads, at last it now looks and feels like mid-winter.
Conditions this morning should be excellent.
The individual ski resort information below has all been checked and updated. More lifts and courses are opening up now and probably more still for the weekend. Places need a bit of time to get things prepared ready - including calling on lift staff who will be very happy to get those calls.
Might I soon be able to just say 'all open'? Hope so.
OK, so we have sun today but more snow is due over the weekend and we might get another decent amount too. Another few days of good snow would really get things running smoothly.
HAPPY!
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GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area and Northern Area courses are open
- The Eliza and Batman courses in the Southern Area are open
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Take the Gondola back down at the end of the day (Falcon downhill course not yet available)
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All open!
- Official snow depth: 200cm (upper); 120cm (mid)
Iwappara
- 5 lifts are operating with the central to upper area of the resort open
- Official snow depth: 80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 9 lifts operating
- 11 courses open (front of hotel and mostly the Panorama and Atema areas)
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are normally open
- 21 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- A, B, C and E lifts plan to be operating
- Official snow depth: 150cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- The top Okusoechi area is open
- The Nagamine Number 2 quad is open today
- The Nagamine Number 1 quad and Shuttle Pair lift will be open from tomorrow
- The Maiko Area is open with 3 lifts operating
- Nighta starting from tonight!
- Official snow depth: 170cm (upper); 65cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- Ropeway and Number 1 and 3 lifts operating
- 12 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 190cm
Naeba
- 21 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 90cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts are operating and all main courses are open
- Kids Garden open
- Mogul and Slopestyle areas not open
- Official snow depth: 135cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- All Kogen lifts now operating and Kogen Snowland is open
- The base area should also be open with a new 100m covered snow escalator
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 120cm (Kogen); 30cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- Number 1, 2, 3 and 5 lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 65cm
Yuzawa Park
- All lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 7th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 227cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 100cm reported on 5 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.