Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 799cm Posted on Saturday 10th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Welcome to the long weekend! With Monday a holiday here in Japan, it's one of the main weekends of the season and so places expect to see quite a few people turn up. So what's it going to be like? Snowy by the looks. Back to yesterday and we had snowfall through most of the day, though it was pretty weak at times and we even had a few bits of sun and blue sky show through - but it was always short-lived. Conditions out on the slopes was great though. Really very nice. By evening it was back to at times heavy snow and this morning I have 25cm of new snow to report from outside the building here. Maiko Snow Resort reports about 20cm. Kagura reports 20cm. Naeba reports 3-10cm. No other specific numbers on offer that I can find early on. It's snowing still and forecast to for the day today and tomorrow too. So snow conditions should be excellent pretty much everywhere in the area. Visibility less so. A moderate wind at times maybe but all resorts are set to open as planned and it's not that cold. It's one of the things lots of people like about this area - huges amounts of snow, but we don't get the crazy cold temperatures that some other regions get. --- I was just looking back at the reports from last season. (You can find them in all the archive reports below). As of 10th January 2014, we had observed 208cm of snowfall around town here. Today, that same statistic stands at a whopping 794cm. Nearly 4 times as much. I don't THINK there's a mistake in the automatic calculations there (!), but while we are quite obviously getting a lot more snow fall this year than last, even I'm surprised at that number. Worth noting that those observed numbers are posted by the same person from exactly the same place, so there's no change there. Have a great weekend. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 370cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 245cm Joetsu Kokusai: 200cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 280cm Maiko Snow Resort: 290cm Naeba: 230cm NASPA Ski Garden: 278cm Yuzawa Kogen: 270cm (Kogen) 220cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 210cm --- Nighta in the area Nighta 'night skiing' - where some slopes are floodlit for skiing and snowboarding in the evening, is available at the following resorts in the area. Ishiuchi Maruyama: Every day until 21st March (until 8:50pm) Iwappara: Every day until 22nd March (until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays, 9pm on Saturdays) Joetsu Kokusai: Every day until 22nd March (until 9pm) Kandatsu Kogen: From 23rd January, 'all night' on holidays (6pm or 10pm until 4am the next morning) Maiko Snow Resort: Every day until 14th March (until 8pm) Naeba: Every day until 29th March (until 9pm) NASPA Ski Garden (skiers only): Saturdays until 29th February (until 7pm) Yuzawa Nakazato: Saturdays from 10th January until 14th March (until 8:30pm) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 10th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 799cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 240cm reported on 8 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 824cm Posted on Sunday 11th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. The crazy snow situation continues into today. 25cm more snow here in town level since yesterdays report. Maiko reporting 25+cm. Kagura report 20cm and Naeba reporting 10-30cm. I have explained this previously, but the reason we are mentioning those particular resorts with the new snowfall numbers here is because they are the only ones that are sharing such data - if there was data from other places, we'd mention it here. (And if anyone knows of any data that might be available and we are missing, do let us know and we'll be happy to mention it). If I ran a skijo, it's a number I'd get out there every morning It's still snowing and that's what is forecast for the day today and quite possibly into tomorrow as well. Tuesday onwards though it's looking like sunny skies will dominate for a few days. --- It was in the local Japanese newspaper on Friday about how the numbers of skiers and snowboarders visiting the resorts in Niigata over New Year was down on last year. The reason given being the heavy snowfall putting lots of people off. Sounds odd doesn't it. (The one thing they also mentioned was the increase in number of foreigners on the slopes). This long weekend I am sure that the resorts were really hoping for some nice sunny weather to get lots of people out, and so they'll have mixed feelings about this heavy snowfall again.... I have spoken to a few resort folk over the last few days and while they are happy that there's lots of snow, the general feeling now seems to be 'we have enough!' and just regular topups would be ideal. So much snow creates a lot of work for locals as well and visitors can see people out and about with shovels and other tools of the trade to try and cope with the huge volumes of snow. I wonder how the rest of the season will work out. It sure will be interesting to find out! --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 360cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 270cm Joetsu Kokusai: 200cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 300cm Maiko Snow Resort: 330cm Naeba: 230cm NASPA Ski Garden: 277cm Yuzawa Kogen: 280cm (Kogen) 230cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 215cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 11th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 824cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 265cm reported on 9 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 854cm Posted on Monday 12th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. A later report this morning... snow clearing was necessary. It was snowing for most of the day yesterday, though weaker at times, but we were back to heavier snowfall in the evening and this morning there is another 30cm of fresh snow to report. My observation - 30cm Maiko Snow Resort - 20cm Kagura - 30-40cm Naeba - 30-50cm Some resorts were really very busy yesterday. I tried to get to Maiko late morning but couldn't get there, the car park was full! There were actually cars waiting in line for people to leave before they could enter. Smaller resorts were getting some people due to that overflow. Totally personal opninion here, but snow conditions were not quite as good as I was expecting - heavier than I was hoping for. Looks like lighter snow overnight though so I would imagine that conditions are very good this morning. I have no doubt that higher places are totally coming up with the goods though just now. Well, when they'll open. Unfortunately Tashiro is closed today due to strong winds and it looks like early morning via Mitsumata it's open up until the Kagura Number 1 Romance pair lift. They seem to be saying that the quad may open depending on conditions. Yesterday I said that the rest of this week we should see lots of sunshine. Current forecasts are disagreeing a bit on that front with some saying more a mix of cloud and even a bit of rain. No, please just no! I think most people now would like a bit of a break from the snow and a few days of fine and clear skies with some sunshine. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 390cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 340cm Iwappara: 260cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 300cm Maiko Snow Resort: 330cm Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 303cm Yuzawa Kogen: 290cm (Kogen) 240cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 220cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 12th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 854cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 295cm reported on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 874cm Posted on Tuesday 13th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It kept on snowing yesterday with most people now asking 'when is this going to stop'? 10cm on top of the car this morning but I moved off 10-15cm last night that had fallen during the day, so it's another 20-25cm since my report yesterday morning. Very fine light snow is falling right now, but it is due to ease off sometime this morning (at last!) leaving us with a cloudy afternoon. Maybe a chance of some sunshine perhaps? Would be nice. Even if we don't get that today, currently the forecast for Wednesday is clear and sunny skies and mild conditions too with temperatures rising to around +5C. High of +3C expected today, and for now it's hanging around 0C. The 3m solid wall of snow around the building here tells me that we're not going to be worrying about snow base this season! Just regular top-ups now please. (But keep them regular). All resorts around town will be open and primed for tracks. Some people ask how come there's so much snow every day but the snow depth numbers are resorts don't increase (or don't increase much)? Probably a variety of reasons including snow getting compacted, melting (when conditions are warmer) and quite possibly some resorts almost wanting to under-report when there's lots of snow. Mentioned this before but as hard as it might be to believe, when there's news of really heavy snowfall some people get put off. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 390cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 350cm Iwappara: 270cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 340cm (upper) 260cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 303cm Yuzawa Kogen: 290cm (Kogen) 240cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 225cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 13th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 874cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 315cm reported on 11 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 879cm Posted on Friday 16th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It's another cloudy morning here. Yesterday afternoon it did start... snowing. Very wet snow, sleety snow, but not much later after it started there was a thin layer of white on the ground once again. It continued overnight by the looks and there's just over 5cm on the top of my car this morning. It's far from being the driest powder, for sure, but better than rain! I would expect better conditions the higher you go this morning. Maiko reports just a bit of snow, Naeba reports 5-10cm and Kagura is reporting 10-15cm this morning. So I'd say dusting-5cm at lower areas and up to 15cm higher up. So it's cloudy and grey to start the day off, but a few small signs to the north that in places it might just clear a bit. False alarms perhaps, and indeed the forecast is for cloudy conditions for today and temperatures to remain around 1C or 2C. Naeba seem to be saying there's moderate wind at summit over there, but not affecting lifts. All resorts appear to be opening as normal. Snowfall is expected again before the day ends and overnight into tomorrow. It should be getting colder as well tomorrow and with a potentially decent amount to fall conditions should be good tomorrow morning. --- Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report): GALA Yuzawa: 380cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 245cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 230cm Maiko Snow Resort: 315cm (upper) 230cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 303cm Yuzawa Kogen: 290cm (Kogen) 240cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 215cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 16th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 879cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 320cm reported on 12 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 884cm Posted on Saturday 17th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. We enjoyed a bit of sunshine and blue skies in the afternoon yesterday once the clouds cleared up a bit, though there was still a lot of cloud around. It started snowing as far as I can tell somewhere around 4am - when the sprinklers kicked into action - and now there's 5cm of snow on the top of my car, and it's snowing now with a moderate northerly wind blowing it down fast. Unfortunately the wind situation is messing with the start of the weekend at Kagura with the Tashiro area closed and it only being open from the Mitsumata Ropeway up to the Kagura Number 1 Romance lift. They are hoping to maybe get the quad going depending on conditions, but have made the closed-for-the-day decision for the other areas I mentioned. A look round it looks like other resorts are open as normal. So yes, 5cm that I can see; Kagura reporting 10cm; Naeba reporting 5-10cm; Maiko Snow Resort reporting 10cm - so you can get an idea. Snow is expected through the day today and probably into tomorrow as well, with the snow perhaps easing off during the day tomorrow. If you're doing the Naeba all night thing tonight, prepare to be snowed upon! Hopefully there'll be a whole big chunk more to report tomorrow. Must be difficult being a ski resort - you want regular fresh snow, but please do the business overnight and not on a peak season weekend! --- Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report): GALA Yuzawa: 380cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 240cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 300cm Kandatsu Kogen: 290cm Maiko Snow Resort: 315cm (upper) 230cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 288cm Yuzawa Kogen: 290cm (Kogen) 240cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 215cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 17th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 884cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 325cm reported on 13 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 914cm Posted on Sunday 18th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Snowfall for the day yesterday along with some real blowy northerly winds as well, quite strong at times. I actually had a day in Nagaoka city yesterday so I don't know for sure but would imagine that the wind might have messed around with some lifts other than just those at Kagura. It's not as windy this morning but snow is still falling. How much snow? Well, yesterday evening there had been about 20cm during the daytime and this morning there's another 10-15cm so I'm calling 30-35cm of fresh snowfall since my report yesterday. Kagura are reporting 40-50cm fresh snow this morning; Naeba report 20-50cm; Maiko Snow Resort report 30cm. Unfortunately, wind is still affecting the Kagura resort with only from the Mitsumata Ropeway to the Kagura Gondola area open at the beginning of the day - they leave the chance of more of the areas opening if the winds ease off. There might be a chance of that though as come this afternoon the snow is forecast to ease leaving us with just cloudy conditions (perhaps even a bit of sun, he says hopefully), and calmer conditions. So there's another decent amount of fresh snow on the slopes of all the resorts to play in today. Should be a good one, especially if it clears up sooner than later. The forecast for tomorrow is cloud and snow showers at times. --- Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report): GALA Yuzawa: 380cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 350cm Iwappara: 270cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 340cm (upper) 270cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 288cm Yuzawa Kogen: 300cm (Kogen) 250cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 220cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 18th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 914cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 355cm reported on 14 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 924cm Posted on Monday 19th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Snowfall continued into the afternoon yesterday, leaving us with clearer skies (at last) late afternoon. And a very icy evening. 10cm of snowfall during the day yesterday and none overnight. An odd mix of cloud this morning. There's actually a slight bit of blue sky over Minamiuonuma and it was a bit brighter when I got up but there's more grey clouds over us now with snow due anytime this morning which should continue into tomorrow morning. Sunshine on Wednesday maybe? Would make for a change! We only noticed this yesterday but it's very interesting all the same. So far this season on our Yuzawa Now reports here we have observed 919cm of snowfall up until today. Compare that to last season when at the very end of the season we had observed 833cm. So we are already well over the total amount of snow that fell last season and it's only mid January. It's not an exact science of course, but interesting all the same. --- Official snow depths (some not updated today due to early report): GALA Yuzawa: 390cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 340cm Iwappara: 265cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 330cm (upper) 270cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 330cm Yuzawa Kogen: 300cm (Kogen) 250cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 220cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 19th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 924cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 365cm reported on 15 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 949cm Posted on Tuesday 20th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Guess what, it's still snowing. Yes, snow continues to fall from the skies and continues to build up. Since yesterday the place where I measure (and the top of the car) has seen an extra 25cm of snowfall. This morning Kagura report 40cm; 20-40cm reported from Naeba; but get this - Maiko Snow Resort are saying 70cm! I don't know if that's a typo or not, it does seem a lot. But there you go. 25cm itself isn't too bad is it! So for the purpose of the report I'm going to go with what I observed, and that's the 25cm. Keen to get over to Maiko though and check that out! Anyway, it's still snowing but due to ease up around lunchtime. Tomorrow, sun is forecast! Rare stuff this season. Looks like it should warm up a bit as well. By Thursday/Friday we are expected to be back to snow, with unfortunately the chance of some rain beforehand - at town level anyway. I'm personally hoping this snow will clear early today and we might get some sun come up this afternoon. --- Unfortunately some fairly strong winds at Kagura are preventing them from fully opening again this morning... just Mitsumata Ropeway to the Kagura Number 1 Romance at the beginning of the day. With weather conditions expected to improve, we might see more open. Top lifts at Naeba also affected. Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 20th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 949cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 390cm reported on 16 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 954cm Posted on Wednesday 21st January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Ah, clear skies! Something we haven't seen much of this season but early morning here and there are clear skies over Yuzawa. Just a few clouds to the north but the early morning sun is starting to add some colour. It's going to be a beautiful morning. No new snowfall overnight, though it did continue snowing until late afternoon yesterday and I would say there was 5-10cm to add to the total. Cold start to the day, and icy outside. Sunshine should warm things up a bit during the day with a high of around +4 forecast. The clear skies aren't going to last that long though. Upcoming is the chance of rain tomorrow (lower levels anyway), before ending up snowing once again. Anyway, today should be one to be enjoyed! --- Official snow depths - most not updated today due to early report: GALA Yuzawa: 390cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 380cm Iwappara: 280cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen: 315cm Maiko Snow Resort: 370cm (upper) 280cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 330cm Yuzawa Kogen: 300cm (Kogen) 250cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 230cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 21st January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 954cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 395cm reported on 17 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 959cm Posted on Sunday 25th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. I made a small update to the report yesterday because very soon after it went up the skies started clearing and the sun was out. That clear-up continued and it ended up being a rare clear day with a brilliant sun shining down and blue skies. Rare this season anyway, as we have got very few of such days in the first half of the season. It's going to be interesting to see how the rest of the season turns out. Anyway, it was a really beautiful day yesterday. Snow conditions were better in higher areas and not perfect on lower areas, but the weather probably made up for that... for many people anyway! Overnight we got a bit of snowfall and there's 2cm or so of rather wet snow on the top of my car outside. Looks like the resorts that report such things early on are all reporting just a thin layer of new snow. Lots of cloud around and webcams around town show limited visibility on the mountains, but there's some sun on the forecast for later this morning - perhaps we will see a beautiful clear up like yesterday? We'll just have to wait and see. It is 0C as we approach 8am but a high temperature of +5C expected this afternoon - which is actually warmer than yesterday. Slightly warmer conditions expected tomorrow too... so we're going through a bit of a mild patch at the moment. Come Tuesday we're forecast a return to snow, which may be preceded by some more rainfall in town. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 410cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 330cm Iwappara: 245cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen: 330cm Maiko Snow Resort: 330cm (upper) 230cm (lower) Naeba: 250cm NASPA Ski Garden: 314cm Yuzawa Kogen: 310cm (Kogen) 260cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 220cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 25th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 959cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 400cm reported on 19 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 969cm Posted on Wednesday 28th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. This is better! After a rather wet and rainy day yesterday - in town at least - we are back to snow this morning. There's 10cm of fresh snow on the top of my car; Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10-15cm, Kagura are reporting 20cm and no number yet from Naeba. It's back to be being colder as well, certainly much colder than it has been the last few days with the temperature currently -2 degrees and expected to stay about that for the day. It's good to see the snow on the ground again. Feels like it has been a while, and indeed it has really - a look back shows that it has been a week or so since the last decent snowfall. Anyway it is coming down still now and forecast to be snowing for the day. The forecast tells us to expect this snowfall to ease off by tomorrow morning some time but further snow back with us on Friday and then be snowing again through into early next week.... looks like we might be on for quite a lot of snow over the weekend. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 380cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 320cm Iwappara: 230cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 320cm Kandatsu Kogen: 295cm Maiko Snow Resort: 310cm (upper) 220cm (lower) Naeba: 260cm NASPA Ski Garden: 285cm Yuzawa Kogen: 300cm (Kogen) 250cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 210cm Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 28th January 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 969cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 100cm (15th December) November 2014 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 559cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 410cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com