Yuzawa Now: Wednesday 8th March 2017
- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 916cm
Posted on Wednesday 8th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Wow, what an early morning it should be today!
Yesterday it was snowing pretty much all the day, but it didn't amount to much - just a few cm by the time it got dark. But it snowed overnight and there's 22cn of fresh snow on the ground now. Here's what resorts are reporting:
Kagura: 20-30cm
Kagura (Mitsumata): 25cm
Kagura (Tashiro): 20cm
Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm
What's more, as of 8am, there's some blue sky up there as well as the hanging-on cloud. That wasn't expected with snow still forecast for the day, so it may well cover up and continue fairly soon. Indeed, there's more cloud to the north of Yuzawa.
But first tracks at least should be really great this morning.
There can't be many more mornings like this left this season, so we need to make the most of it!
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Official snow depth information as of Wednesday 8th March 2017
GALA Yuzawa
The upper part of $2,600,000 closed today due to avalanche danger but otherwise GALA is open as planned.
Official snow depth: 350cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Official snow depth: 260cm
Iwappara
Official snow depth: 205cm
Joetsu Kokusai
Official snow depth: 260cm
Kagura
Official snow depth:
Kagura - 380cm
Mitsumata - 330cm
Tashiro - 350cm
Kandatsu Kogen
Official snow depth: 300cm
Maiko Snow Resort
Official snow depth:
Upper - 310cm
Base - 150cm
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
Official snow depth: 340cm
Naeba
Official snow depth: 270cm
NASPA Ski Garden
Official snow depth: 240cm
Yuzawa Kogen
Official snow depth:
Top - 280cm
Base - 190cm
Yuzawa Park
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yuzawa Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 8th March 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 916cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 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 267cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 33cm reported on 3 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.