Yuzawa Now: Friday 8th March 2019
- Mar 8, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 983cm
Posted on Friday 8th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Very happy news to report this morning - for the first time in quite a while, there's fresh snow on the ground!
Yesterday was actually kind of disappointing down at town level. It was trying to snow later on but it didn't really manage to get going and it remained wet.
But higher up Kagura resort were reporting 5cm of fresh snow early yesterday morning and then an additional 10cm during the day, so that's 15cm up there by the end of the day. (At the start of the day Maiko were reporting 2cm).
And this morning we have snow right down to town level. Woohoo! It's great to see a layer of snow on the ground again, and the way it was falling when I got up it felt like mid winter again.
I am measuring 15cm of fresh snow here in town as of 7:45am and with snow coming down now I definitely be adding to that in the report tomorrow. Depending on where you are, there's between around 10-20cm of so of fresh snow around base areas this morning. It is still snowing but the snow is due to ease off and we might even see some breaks in the clouds later on in the day.
Higher up, Kagura are reporting an impressive 30cm this morning. If that is in addition to what they reported yesterday, I make that up to 45cm. Nice. (They are also saying the top Number 2 lift won't be opening due to wind conditions). It will be interesting to see if they change their official snow depth numbers, though that is hardly important!
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 20cm of fresh snow at base and 30cm on upper areas this morning.
This fresh snow is all in time for the weekend too. I expect it will get a few more people out as there is a chance that this snow may well be the last that we get, on lower slopes anyway. I know I'm going to make the most of it... just need to decide where to go!
Just love snow.
Clear skies, sunshine and (unfortunately) warmth - perhaps as warm as 10C in town - is forecast for tomorrow. As well as a high pollen count so if you suffer from hay fever, beware!
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Ski resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
- 270cm (official snow depth)
Iwappara
- 180cm (official snow depth)
Kagura
- Kagura: 320cm (official snow depth)
- Mitsumata Area: 280cm (official snow depth)
- Tashiro Area: 300cm (official snow depth)
Kandatsu Kogen
- 225cm (official snow depth)
Naeba
- 220cm (official snow depth)
- Please see our Naeba Now report for daily updates from Naeba
NASPA Ski Garden
- 185cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Kogen
- Top: 230cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 130cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Park
- 155cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- 160cm (official snow depth)
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Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma - just to the north of Yuzawa:
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- Top: 220cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 160cm (official snow depth)
Joetsu Kokusai
- 220cm (official snow depth)
Maiko Snow Resort
- Top: 260cm (official snow depth)
- Base: 80cm (official snow depth)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- 270cm (official snow depth)
Yuzawa Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 8th March 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 983cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 63cm (22nd January) November 2018 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 253cm reported on 13 days January 2019 snowfall 523cm reported on 24 days February 2019 snowfall 190cm reported on 14 days March 2019 snowfall 15cm reported on 1 day |
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.