Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 8th February 2017
- Feb 8, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 37cm
Snowfall at base this season 718cm
Posted on Wednesday 8th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It was day of snow and wind yesterday for the most part, and those strong winds blowing around the snow that was falling - perhaps making it difficult to put a number on... our measuring points however had 9cm of snow by 6pm (I'm guessing probably more than that in some places) and then another 28cm of snow this morning, so a total if 37cm.
Here's what resorts are reporting this morning too:
Kagura: 30-40cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 30cm
So a decent amount of fresh snow wherever you are in the area this morning.
Happily this morning the wind doesn't seem to be causing problems and apparently all ski resorts are opening as planned. It is still snowing and likely to continue through the day until later this afternoon or this evening.
Tomorrow a cloudy start is forecast but by the end of the day snow should be falling once again and continuing through at least Friday and perhaps into the weekend.
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Official snow depth information as of Wednesday 8th February 2017
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth: 350cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 270cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 220cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 260cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 350cm
Mitsumata - 300cm
Tashiro - 320cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 300cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 300cm
Base - 160cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 350cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 280cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 260cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 320cm
Base - 230cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 190cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 8th February 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 718cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 72cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2016 snowfall 144cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 470cm reported on 21 days February 2017 snowfall 102cm reported on 6 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.