Yuzawa Now: Sunday 8th April 2018
- Apr 8, 2018
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 857cm
Posted on Sunday 8th April 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa on this last day of the season for the Iwappara ski resort in Yuzawa and the Ishiuchi Maruyama, Maiko Snow Resort and Joetsu Kokusai resorts in neighbouring Minamiuonuma.
We were hoping that there might be a chance of some light snow this morning. So how did that go?
2cm of fresh snow is being reported by the higher Kagura resort.
And 5cm is being reported by Maiko Snow Resort.
We can probably expect somewhere around at other higher elevations around Yuzawa.
Around town, it's more like just a dusting - none in some places a more in others, but I am going to be generous and add 1cm to the report today.
As well as GALA Yuzawa, the images today (below) are from the Yuzawa IC exit of Route 17 in Yuzawa and the webcam from Route 17 between the Tashiro Ropeway and Naeba (labelled as Mikuni Route 17 on the Webcam page). You can see that dusting in town as well as more on the road on the way up to Naeba.
Rain / sleet / light snow had been falling in various parts of the area early on but I just went outside and there was nothing falling... and it looks like there is increasing blue sky appearing to the north. Perhaps we might enjoy some clearer weather as the day progresses?
It's keeping relatively cold though so if you plan to go out get wrapped up and enjoy!
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From tomorrow (Monday), only Kagura, GALA Yuzawa and Kandatsu Kogen will remain open daily - with Naeba planning to open up on weekends.
Daily reports on Yuzawa Now will continue until Sunday 6th May and a weekly update beyond that until the lifts come to a halt at Kagura.
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At least part open until Sunday 8th April:
Iwappara
- Official snow depth: 40cm
- The central area remains open with two lifts (Number 2 and Number 3 pair lifts) operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Official snow depth: 90cm
- Top areas remain open via the Chuo Entrance with four lifts operating
Joetsu Kokusai
- Official snow depth: 50cm
- The area in front of the main hotel and the North area remain open. 5 lifts and 6 courses open.
Maiko Snow Resort
- Official snow depth: Top - 60cm, Base - 0cm
- The Gondola and Okusoeji quad lift and top area of Maiko Snow Resort remain open
At least part open until Sunday 22nd April:
Kandatsu Kogen
- Official snow depth: 100cm
- Most of Kandatsu Kogen remains open with four lifts operating
At least part open until Sunday 6th May:
GALA Yuzawa
- Official snow depth: 140cm
- The Central Area and North Area of GALA Yuzawa remain open
- The South Area and Falcon course back to base are now closed for the season
Kagura
- Official snow depth: Kagura area - 250cm; Mitsumata area - 150cm; Tashiro area - 200cm
- All areas of Kagura remain open
- Tashiro Ropeway plans to be at least part open until Sunday 6th May
- Mitsumata Ropeway and the main Kagura area plan to be at least part open until Sunday 27th May
- The Dragondola connecting Tashiro with Naeba is now closed for the season
Naeba
- Official snow depth: 120cm (base)
- The Prince Number 2 Gondola, Number 5 high speed lift and Takenokodaira romance lift remain operating
- You can still ride back down to base
- Naeba plans to be at least part open until Sunday 6th May (** but only on weekends from 9th-27th April; closed weekdays **)
- The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Tashiro is now closed for the season
Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th April 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 857cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (26th January) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm reported on 16 days January 2018 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days February 2018 snowfall 162cm reported on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 11cm reported on 3 days April 2018 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.