Yuzawa Now: Friday 7th March 2025
- Mar 7, 2025
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this seas 1208cm
Posted on Friday 7th March 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
We have actually had some decent snowfall overnight and early this morning. (It's not the wet/sleet kind of mix that we got yesterday).
As of 7:50am, it is snowing quite heavily and our measurement is 15cm of fresh snowfall. Nice!
Maiko Snow Resort reported 10cm just a little earlier.
With the snow coming down hard, visibility is quite poor at the start of the day.
The Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed due to strong wind forecasts and, as of early morning, Kagura via Mitsumata is open up to the Kagura Gondola.
The top area of Yuzawa Kogen is closed this morning (due to wind) and as such the Landau Ropeway connecting that ski area with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is closed. (But all of GALA is open).
The heavy snowfall is expected to ease off fairly soon this morning and then stop by this afternoon or this evening at the latest. Once it stops, there's not much more snow showing up on forecasts.
Tomorrow might be largely cloudy, with the sun due to make some major appearances on Sunday and Monday.
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Ski area information for Friday 7th March 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order.
All planned closing dates are subject to change (if there are any changes we will adjust).
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
430cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is open
The Southern Area connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is closed (because Yuzawa Kogen top area is closed)
Planned closing date: Tuesday 6th May 2025
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
360cm
The top connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is open
Night skiing is planned on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays until Saturday 29th March (until 8pm)
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
260cm
Night skiing is planned daily until Sunday 30th March (until 7pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
340cm
Night skiing is planned daily until Sunday 23rd March (until 9pm)
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 470cm
Base: 400cm
Planned closing date (Tashiro Ropeway): Tuesday 6th May 2025
Planned closing date (Kagura via Mitsumata Ropeway): Sunday 18th May 2025
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
360cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2am the following morning) until Saturday 29th March
Planned closing date: Sunday 13th April 2025
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 390cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area on Saturdays (8pm) and Sundays (7pm) until Sunday 8th March
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 500cm
Base: 280cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Naeba
Official snow depth:
Top: 360cm
Base: 240cm
Night skiing is planned daily until Saturday 22nd March (until 8:30pm)
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
320cm
Planned closing date: Monday 31st March 2025
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 400cm
Base: 270cm
The top section and connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is closed today due to wind
Planned closing date: Sunday 6th April 2025
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
425cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
250cm
Planned closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 7th March 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 1208cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 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 31cm reported on 4 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.