Yuzawa Now: Saturday 9th January 2016
- Jan 9, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 116cm
Posted on Saturday 9th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
There is more fresh snow to report this morning though it was actually raining as the day ended yesterday - it was one of those 'not again!' kind of feelings...
But happily it turned into snow overnight and there's about 4-6cm of fresh on the ground around town areas early on.
Regarding resorts that report fresh snowfall in a morning - Kagura are reporting 15-20cm of fresh snowfall, Naeba reporting 10cm (our reporter recording 7cm at base), and Maiko Snow Resort just to the north of Yuzawa town area reporting 5-15cm.
It all helps and I see that Maiko are now mostly open with the snow of the last few days. Expect other resorts to be 'as open as possible' given their conditions and this fresh snow will certainly have helped.
The snowfall still somehow feels 'weak' though, especially compared to what we are used to in this region. Perhaps we might get some of that Yuzawa-like kind of snowfall later tomorrow and through Monday into Tuesday. By that I mean blizzard like conditions and the snow quickly piling up. The forecast is still looking good for snow over that period.
For today though expect the snow to ease off and leave us with just cloudy skies and maybe even clearing skies. It should keep quite cold though which is good, currently at 9am it is +1C.
Some forecasts tell us to expect some clearer skies at the start of the day tomorrow with others saying snow clouds, though they all agree that it should be snowing later on in the day.
Today is the start of the long 'Coming of Age Day' weekend in Japan with Monday being a national holiday, so popular places especially should be very busy this weekend.
Here's to more snowfall over the coming days.
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Resort official snow depths (Saturday 9th January 2016) and any specific news:
All resorts in the area are now generally open for the season, though please note that some areas and courses are not yet open. Generally steeper slopes that need more snow are still closed. The snow over the last few days has helped and we hope for more over the next few days.
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
120cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
70cm
Iwappara
40cm
Joetsu Kokusai
70cm
Kagura
90cm (Mitsumata)
120cm (Tashiro)
150cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
100cm
Maiko Snow Resort
90cm (upper)
30cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
70cm
Naeba
70cm
NASPA Ski Garden
65cm
Yuzawa Kogen
80cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
60cm
Yuzawa Park
45cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 9th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 116cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 24cm 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.