Yuzawa Now: Saturday 8th January 2022
- Jan 8, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this seas 480cm
Posted on Saturday 8th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
Another 5cm of snow overnight after 9cm during the day, so 14cm to add to the report. Ski areas are reporting 10-15cm.
Today is the start of a three day long weekend because Monday is a national holiday in Japan. It is usually one of the really busy times of the peak season, so we can expect ski areas to be busy, especially today and tomorrow. There was some light snow falling earlier on but it has stopped now and we are expecting the clouds to clear and the sun to appear. Possibly some light snow later tomorrow but nothing major so it should be a generally calm weekend.
The good news from GALA Yuzawa is that part of the South Area is now open. That area normally offers some good ungroomed course areas. For now just the main Eliza course is available.
Unfortunately, there's also some covid-19 news that needs to be reported. GALA Yuzawa have announced that one member of staff in the rental area has been confirmed as having it and as such they are making various changes for the weekend. As far as we can tell all of the ski lifts and courses should be open as normal; it's more of a staffing issue for related facilities, particularly the rental facility. Sigh. Let's hope there's not going to be more of that kind of thing to have to report...
Lunchtime update: GALA Yuzawa have confirmed that all related staff have had negative tests and that the ski area will be open as normal tomorrow.
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All information is manually checked each morning and is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth:
240cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
10cm
Official snow depth:
230cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth:
200cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth:
230cm
Kagura
Tashiro Area closed today
10cm
Official snow depth:
Top: 280cm
Base: 200cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
190cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Reported snowfall (by the ski area):
15cm
Official snow depth:
250cm (top)
170cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
250cm (top)
175cm (base)
Naeba
Official snow depth:
200cm (top)
170cm (base)
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
240cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
210cm (top)
140cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth:
215cm
Yuzawa Park
Operating lifts:
All lifts operating
Official snow depth:
200cm
Yuzawa Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 8th January 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 480cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 76cm (28th December) November 2021 snowfall 10cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 311cm reported on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 159cm reported on 8 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.