Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 7th January 2015
- Jan 7, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 709cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Back to snow!
Yes, very happy to report a return to snow falling from the skies and around 20cm or so on the ground. Here's what I'm getting from resorts (and the top of my car):
My car - 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort - over 20cm
Kagura - 20cm
Yesterday we avoided rain until around noon. Even had some blue sky in areas from time to time and the sun trying to appear, though it didn't feel like it got as warm as was forecast. In the end though rain won out, and it was falling in the afternoon. That had changed to snow by night time though and so here we are with 20cm fresh snow on the ground.
It's really coming down as I look outside the wind now as well. Lots please!
Snow forecast for the day today and into tomorrow as well and in fact snow clouds shouldn't be far away over the next week. It's definitely colder this morning and it should remain cold as well.
Strong winds are preventing the Tashiro area to open though this morning and it's limited at Kagura as well up the Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift. Other resorts seem to be planning to be open as planned.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
300cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
230cm
Iwappara:
185cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
190cm
Kagura:
290cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
230cm
Maiko Snow Resort:
240cm
Naeba:
220cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
215cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
250cm (Kogen)
200cm (Nunoba)
Yuzawa Nakazato:
190cm
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 709cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 150cm 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.