Yuzawa Now: Tuesday 7th November 2023
- Nov 7, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
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Posted on Tuesday 7th November 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Hello, and welcome back to the Yuzawa Now reports for the 2023-2024 winter season.
So... summer. It was really, really, really hot. And the heat and humidity seemed to go on forever, so it was such a relief when things eventually cooled down last month.
While we had an 'almost cold' spell briefly, with Kagura reporting 3cm of snow on its upper areas on 22nd October, this last week has once again been unseasonably warm. I am sitting here wearing a T-shirt with the window open, and it's about 15C in town.
With so much talk of temperatures being 'higher than usual' for large parts of this year, it is concerning. All we can do is hope that things will be different over winter. Things can, and often do, change quickly. And, of course, it is still very early. So we'll keep on being increasingly excited about all the snow to come!
It looks like there might be some snowfall on the higher mountains again by the end of the coming weekend.
This year Kagura hopes to open on Saturday 23rd November. We'll keep you updated with weather (and hopefully snow) news in the coming weeks.
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Here are the planned opening dates for ski areas around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. All are of course subject to change and depend on snowfall.
Thursday 23rd November:
Kagura
Saturday 2nd December:
Joetsu Kokusai
Friday 15th December:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Saturday 16th December:
GALA Yuzawa
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Naeba
Yuzawa Kogen
Wednesday 20th December:
Maiko Snow Resort
Thursday 21st December:
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Friday 22nd December:
NASPA Ski Garden
Saturday 23rd December 2023:
Iwappara
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Yuzawa Park
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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.