Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 8th January 2025
- Jan 8, 2025
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this seas 407cm
Posted on Wednesday 8th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Very happy to report a fresh layer of snow this morning. Our measurement as of 8am is 23cm... and counting. Moderate snowfall right now. Very good.
Kagura is this morning reporting 'maybe' 30-40cm of fresh snowfall. Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 25cm.
Yesterday ended up being a largely fine day (in terms of sun/cloud and brightness), and it was another mild one getting up to around 6C. And we did get some more rain before the snow started overnight.
This morning is clearly colder. It is currently just -0.5C in town.
We are expecting snow through the day today. There might be a chance of a clearer start to tomorrow, but some potentially heavy snow is shown on forecasts for Thursday/Friday.
Big picture: the last few days of warmth and some rain inevitably hurt snow conditions, but we seem to be back on track this morning. There's a nice new fresh layer out there this morning, with more on the way soon.
Hurray!
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Ski area information for Wednesday 8th January 2025
The information below is manually checked with official sources and updated for every report.
Ski areas in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma listed in alphabetical order. All information is subject to change.
GALA Yuzawa
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
260cm
The Northern Area connection with Ishiuchi Maruyama (Buggy lift) is available
The Southern Area is now part open, but the connection with Yuzawa Kogen (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
230cm
The connection with the Northern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Buggy lift) is available
Night skiing is planned daily until 1st March, and then on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays in March (until 8:00pm)
Iwappara
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
105cm
Night skiing is planned daily (until 7:00pm on weekdays and Sundays; until 8:00pm on Saturdays and nights before holidays)
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
230cm
Night skiing is planned daily until 9:00pm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Top: 330cm
Base: 290cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
220cm
Night skiing is planned for Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays (until 2:00am the following morning)
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Top: 250cm
Base: 130cm
Night skiing is planned in the Maiko Area at weekends
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth:
Top: 340cm
Base: 120cm
Naeba (* Daily reports from here)
Official snow depth:
Top: 240cm
Base: 190cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth:
200cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top: 250cm
Top: 200cm
The connection with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa (Landau Ropeway) is not yet operating
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
175cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth:
160cm
Yuzawa Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 8th January 2025 Total snowfall at base so far 407cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (28th December) November 2024 snowfall 0cm December 2024 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 55cm 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.