Yuzawa Now: Monday 8th February 2021
- Feb 8, 2021
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this seas 904cm
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
By late morning yesterday the skies were overcast and unfortunately we did then get rained on. It was trying to snow the higher you got and by night time it had turned into snow down in town.
Happy to report that there's a decent layer of fresh snow from overnight this morning. Here's what ski areas are reporting:
Kagura: 50cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama: 20cm
Iwappara: 10-15cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
17cm has just been measured for the report.
With that large number coming from Kagura, perhaps it is one of those days when there is clearly more fresh snow the higher you go.
It feels a bit windy outside and is definitely colder. We are forecast snowfall today and through tomorrow as well.
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It is good to see Kagura and Naeba back in the mix from today.
At the time of writing neither had posted any kind of map showing what will be open today.
The Kagura official information this morning says that 18 of 23 courses will be open and are noting that Tashiro to Kagura connecting course will be open.
The Naeba official information shows 6 lifts planned to be operating including the Number 2 Gondola and Takenokodaira pair lift.
As mentioned previously, the Dragondola connecting Naeba and Tashiro will not be opening for the rest of this season.
Anyway, welcome back!
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GALA Yuzawa
All courses open
Official snow depth:
330cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
All areas open
Official snow depth:
Mid: 290cm
Iwappara
Number 2 pair lift only operating in the central area
Official snow depth:
225cm
Joetsu Kokusai
9 courses in the main Nagamine and Panorama areas open
Official snow depth:
270cm
Kagura
Re-opening from today
Official snow depth:
Top: 290cm
Base: 240cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Normal weekday operations (all lifts apart from D lift)
Official snow depth:
245cm
Maiko Snow Resort
All areas and courses open
Official snow depth:
Top: 305cm
Base: 200cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Currently closed
NASPA Ski Garden
All courses apart from C course open
Official snow depth:
250cm
Naeba
Re-opening from today
Yuzawa Kogen
Both base and Kogen areas open
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 200cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Number 1, 2 and 3 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
275cm
Yuzawa Park
Number 1, 7 and 8 lifts operating
Official snow depth:
190cm
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Various announced changes to operations at ski areas. Most of these temporary changes are due to the current 'state of emergency' announced in urban areas.
GALA Yuzawa:
All courses are scheduled to be open every day. On weekdays the Sociable lift will be closed for the time being.
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
On weekdays, the Green Lift and Chuo triple lifts are closed for the time being.
Iwappara:
On weekdays, only the Number 2 pair lift in the central area of Iwappara is open. This change is planned until the 'state of emergency' ends.
Base to summit areas are open on weekends.
The central to top area will be open on Friday 12th and Monday 22nd February.
Joetsu Kokusai:
On weekdays the main area in front of the hotel and (at least part of) Panorama area are open. The Atema and Osawa areas are closed for the time being.
Muikamachi Hakkaisan:
Currently closed with no confirmed re-opening date.
NASPA Ski Garden:
All lifts and courses are open on weekends. The Number 2 and 3 lifts are rested on weekdays (when all courses but C will be open). This change is planned until 7th March.
Yuzawa Park:
Closed on the following dates:
Monday 15th - Friday 19th; Wednesday 24th - Thursday 25th February
Monday 1st; Tuesday 9th - Friday 12th; Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th March
Yuzawa Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Monday 8th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 904cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 96cm (16th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 453cm reported on 13 days January 2021 snowfall 355cm reported on 15 days February 2021 snowfall 96cm reported on 5 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.