Yuzawa Now: Sunday 8th March 2026
- Mar 8
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 hours ago
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this seas 903cm
Posted on Sunday 8th March 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
And a good morning it is, with a nice fresh coating of white. At SJHQ to the north of Yuzawa there is 6cm of snow on the top of cars. There's 11cm at our measuring point in Yuzawa. It is still snowing and limited poor visibility in higher areas.
Higher areas will very probably have received more snow than that, so there should be some fun conditions to enjoy. Again, I can't find much of any snowy news and specific numbers from ski areas. If I find any, I will add in here or tell you about it tomorrow.
But it might also be windy especially in higher areas. (The Tashiro Area of Kagura is closed again due to wind).
(The latest news posted by the famous Naeba ski area, and the follow up to news of their previous 'strawberry fair', is about an indoor kids room. Not a word about skiing or snowboarding or fresh snow. I promise to shut up about that kind of thing now! And in all fairness, the Dragondola account is mentioning 5-10cm).
5-10cm of fresh is not enough snow for a full reset, of course, particularly down at town level, but all the ski areas around town should be happy this morning.
And I'm not embarrassed to be excited about it! (It usually takes at least 25cm for that, but... spring).
There is more snow on forecasts over the coming week. Perhaps Tuesday and then Thursday/Friday. Keep it coming please.
Yuzawa Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Sunday 8th March 2026 Total snowfall at base so far 903cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 68cm (on 25th January) November 2025 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 144cm reported on 9 days January 2026 snowfall 595cm reported on 23 days February 2026 snowfall 132cm reported on 13 days March 2026 snowfall 20cm 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.