Yuzawa Now: Sunday 9th February 2020
- Feb 9, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 43cm
Snowfall at base this seas 276cm
Posted on Sunday 9th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Yuzawa.
And it's another good one!
Yesterday evening I cleared 8cm of snow from 'the point' and this morning there is another 35cm on there... making the total since the report yesterday as 43cm. Nice. Remember, this is down at town level and it's good to see snow walls now a feature along the side of Route 17.
Kagura are reporting 60cm of fresh snow.
Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 40cm.
Very nice.
So we can expect a good 40+cm of snow across the mountains this morning. (Compacted if groomed of course).
Snow is forecast for the day but it is just light snow at the moment and there are even some signs of possible clearer conditions...
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This first part of February - and especially the last three days - really has transformed things. And as you can see below, most resorts are close closing in on 'fully open' status. I might even just take that text off the report to celebrate. Things really can change very quickly!
Like I mentioned yesterday, there's some rather warmer conditions coming from the middle of the coming week - recommend you plan accordingly if you have a choice. Conditions should be best over the next few days. Hopefully we'll see things getting colder beyond that upcoming warmer spell.
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The Kagura to Tashiro connecting course is not open this morning due to avalanche risk and it looks like the top Number 5 lift at Kagura is closed too. Plenty of fresh powder to enjoy up there though.
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GALA Yuzawa
- All courses (apart from $2,600,000) are now open, including the downhill Falcon course
- All lifts operating
- The Ropeway connecting GALA Yuzawa with Yuzawa Kogen is operating
- Official snow depth: 210cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 230cm (upper); 150cm (mid)
Iwappara
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Joetsu Kokusai
- All areas are now open
- Official snow depth: 150cm
Kagura
- All areas of Kagura are normally open
- 19 of 23 courses open
- The Dragondola connecting with Naeba is operating
- Official snow depth: 250cm
Kandatsu Snow Resort
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 175cm
Maiko Snow Resort
- All areas are now open
- Official snow depth: 190cm (upper); 90cm (base)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
- All lifts are operating
- 13 of 14 courses open
- Official snow depth: 220cm
Naeba
- 21 of 22 courses open
- Official snow depth: 100cm
- Details on Naeba Now report here
NASPA Ski Garden
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 160cm
Yuzawa Kogen
- All courses and lifts are open
- The Ropeway connecting Yuzawa Kogen with the Southern Area of GALA Yuzawa is operating
- Official snow depth: 150cm (Kogen); 50cm (base)
Yuzawa Nakazato
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 120cm
Yuzawa Park
- All courses and lifts are open
- Official snow depth: 130cm
Yuzawa Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 9th February 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 276cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (6th February) November 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day December 2019 snowfall 27cm reported on 7 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm reported on 10 days February 2020 snowfall 149cm reported on 7 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.