Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 8th April 2015
- Apr 8, 2015
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 1303cm
Posted on Wednesday 8th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Fresh snow!
There has been just a dusting here at base and town level; and the Kagura resort is reporting 5cm or so. It's great to see snow falling of course and it is still falling now lightly. It's very probably going to dry up soon though and the chance of a bit of sun and clearer skies is forecast for later on in the day today.
Definitely been colder the last few days as well and the temperature is right now hovering around 0 degrees.
So this afternoon things should warm up a little and a bit more tomorrow. Expect some sunshine tomorrow. Looks like increasing temperatures will be the pattern over the next week. Still, it's been colder than we expect for early April.
From today, we'll try to keep up-to-date each day with details from each of the resorts that remain open with 'what's open' in terms of lifts and/or courses. See below for that.
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Official snow depths:
GALA Yuzawa:
Official snow depth of 270cm.
The South Area is now closed.
The Central Area, most of the North Area and the downhill course remain open.
Kagura:
Official snow depth of 350cm.
All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open.
The 'Kagura Park' is closed now but should be re-opening in mid April.
Kandatsu Kogen:
Official snow depth of 260cm.
The base pair lift and the Onakadaira and Ikenotaira quad lifts remain open.
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Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region
Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed.
Open until Sunday April 12th:
- Kandatsu Kogen
- Maiko Snow Resort (*closed on weekdays, open only on April 11th and 12th)
Open until Sunday April 19th:
- NASPA Ski Garden (*closed on weekdays, open only on April 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th)
Open until Wednesday May 6th:
- Naeba (*closed weekdays, open only on weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th])
- GALA Yuzawa
- Kagura (Tashiro)
Open until Sunday May 31st:
- Kagura (Mitsumata)
Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 8th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day |
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.