Yuzawa Now: Saturday 8th February 2020
- Feb 8, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this seas 233cm
Posted on Saturday 8th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Yesterday was a beauty of a day.
And this morning... it has started snowing again which is great to see.
Maiko Snow Resort were reporting 5cm early on and Kagura have reported 1cm. But it's coming down nicely now and as of 8:30am I have just measured 6cm (and counting). There will be more to report tomorrow and the snow clouds are due through the day today and tomorrow.
Ski resorts are all getting into 'mostly open' or 'almost fully open' territory now.
The downhill Falcon course at GALA should be available from later on today.
The individual ski resort information below has been updated with the latest that we can find as of 8:30am.
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While it is snowing we need as much as possible. It has been a very good few days, but in the big picture we are still playing catch-up. (And what looks like some rather warm conditions are upcoming later in the coming week). Come on snow!
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GALA Yuzawa
- All of the Central Area and Northern Area courses are open
- The Eliza and Batman courses in the Southern Area are open
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- The Falcon downhill course is now open (or should be later today)
- Official snow depth: 210cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All main courses open
- Official snow depth: 200cm (upper); 120cm (mid)
Iwappara
- All main courses open
- Official snow depth: 80cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- 18 lifts operating
- 19 courses open
- Nighta operations have started
- Official snow depth: 130cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are open
- 21 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- All lifts operating
- Official snow depth: 140cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- The top Okusoechi area is open
- The Nagamine Number 1 and 2 quads and Shuttle Pair are also open
- The Maiko Area is also open with 3 lifts operating
- Nighta operations in the Maiko Area have started
- Official snow depth: 160cm (upper); 70cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- All lifts are operating
- 13 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 190cm
Naeba
- 21 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 90cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All lifts are operating and all main courses are open
- Kids Garden open
- Mogul and Slopestyle areas not open just yet
- Official snow depth: 135cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- Yuzawa Ropeway operating
- All Kogen lifts now operating and Kogen Snowland is open
- The base area should also be open with a new 100m covered snow escalator
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 120cm (Kogen); 30cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- All lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 80cm
Yuzawa Park
- All lifts are operating
- Official snow depth: 90cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 8th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 233cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 106cm 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.