A beautiful and eventually warm day in Yuzawa and Minamiouonuma yesterday. Clear blue skies were what we got once the early clouds moved on and it really felt like a spring day. This morning has started off with sort of clear skies but a very overcast and hazy kind of feel, and it's warm - already about 9 degrees. Tomorrow will probably be warmer still. It's feeling like spring time now all of a sudden.

Yesterday was the last day of the season for a fair few ski resorts in the region. It feels somewhat strange with resorts closing when there is so much snow still around, even down at town level. Some places where there is untouched snow still have 1-2m of snow.

What remains open daily now is Kagura, Kandatsu Kogen and Gala Yuzawa. Ludens Yuzawa plan to open next weekend and Naeba plan to open for the next two weekends, but will be closed weekdays.

As mentioned on the Naeba Now report this morning, this Yuzawa Now report page will be covering the daily updates for Kagura now that Naeba is officially closed. The Naeba Now report page will get a weekly update before each weekend. Yuzawa Now will continue on being updated daily right through until the last lifts stop moving up at Kagura, so there's a fair while to go yet.

Official resort snow depths @ Monday 9th April 12, AM:
Kagura - Mitsumata:
360cm
Kagura - Tashiro:
330cm
GALA Yuzawa:
360cm
Kandatsu Kogen:
300cm

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Open only on 14th/15th April:
Ludens Yuzawa

Open only on 14th/15th and 21st/22nd April:
Naeba

Open until 6th May:
Kandatsu Kogen (only opening on weekends and holidays from 16th April until 6th May)

Open until 6th May:
GALA Yuzawa
Kagura (Tashiro)

Open until 27th May:
Kagura (Mitsumata)

All other ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma are now closed for the season.