Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1272cm Posted on Friday 20th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday was one of those 'best forgotten' days in a season. Nasty rain falling lots of the time - and quite heavily at times - along with mild conditions. Just generally not very nice at all. The rain seemed to stop around late afternoon and early evening yesterday. It was a bit colder last night but still keeping above zero, and this morning starts off with lots of cloud over the area. Cloud and perhaps some sun making an appearance at times is forecast for the day with a high temp of around 10 degrees, followed by a good chance of sun again tomorrow. I'm sure we are all still interested in this potential snowfall early next week... it still seems to be on the cards. Getting colder from Sunday and possibly snowfall Monday through Tuesday. --- Official snow depths: Some not updated yet due to early report GALA Yuzawa: 400cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 290cm Iwappara: 200cm Joetsu Kokusai: 260cm Kagura: 370cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 320cm (upper) 195cm (lower) Naeba: 270cm NASPA Ski Garden: 287cm Yuzawa Kogen: 270cm (Kogen) 220cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 210cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Open until Saturday March 28th: - Hakkaisanroku Open until Sunday March 29th: - Ishiuchi Hanaoka (open on March 27th, 28th, 29th) - Itsukamachi - Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Muikamachi Ski Resort Open until Monday March 30th: - Mt Granview Open until Tuesday March 31st: - Chateau Shiozawa - Yuzawa Kogen - Nunoba - Ludens Yuzawa Open until Wednesday April 1st: - Yuzawa Park Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 20th March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1272cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 65cm reported on 7 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 1282cm Posted on Tuesday 24th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It is an early report this morning mainly due to some technical work that needs to be done today... which means that some of the other reports may be delayed today. Anyway, back to this morning and it's pretty good news - 10cm of snow on the car outside and it is snowing still. Pretty decent snow too and coming down quite heavily at times... almost feels like winter again! Too early to hear any numbers from resorts but hopefully that and a bit more. The forecast is for continued snowfall today and maybe into tomorrow morning, so hopefully we'll get some more. --- Official snow depths: Numbers as of yesterday GALA Yuzawa: 370cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 260cm Iwappara: 180cm Joetsu Kokusai: 260cm Kagura: 370cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 290cm (upper) 190cm (lower) Naeba: 270cm NASPA Ski Garden: 250cm Yuzawa Kogen: 250cm (Kogen) 200cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 185cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Open until Saturday March 28th: - Hakkaisanroku Open until Sunday March 29th: - Ishiuchi Hanaoka (open on March 27th, 28th, 29th) - Itsukamachi - Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Muikamachi Ski Resort Open until Monday March 30th: - Mt Granview Open until Tuesday March 31st: - Chateau Shiozawa - Yuzawa Kogen - Nunoba - Ludens Yuzawa Open until Wednesday April 1st: - Yuzawa Park Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 24th March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1282cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 75cm 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 1302cm Posted on Wednesday 25th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. We are being treated to a good old late season blast of winter at the moment. Snow fell for the day yesterday and there has been another 5+cm since last night. I think that it is safe to say that we can add at least another 20cm to add to what I posted yesterday morning, and there is certainly going to be more than that up on the mountains. Yesterday at the end of the day, for example, Kagura reported +30cm during the day, and this morning Maiko Snow Resort are saying that there is a fresh layer of 30cm. Kagura is also reporting this morning another 30cm of fresh (I hope it's not the same lot they reported yesterday evening!) Whatever, these are very fine numbers indeed and the people lucky enough to be here today and tomorrow should be in for something of an unexpected treat. It has been snowing lightly this morning still, but the last of the snowfall (this time anyway) should be falling this morning, with clearing up conditions expected. There's even a slight hint of sun shining through the clouds in places just now. This snowfall might well be the last fresh hurrah of the season - if you can, do try to get to enjoy it. Tomorrow onwards it's going to start warming up again and a lot of sun is forecast daily into next week. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 410cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 335cm Iwappara: 195cm Joetsu Kokusai: 260cm Kagura: 370cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 370cm (upper) 230cm (lower) Naeba: 270cm NASPA Ski Garden: 265cm Yuzawa Kogen: 280cm (Kogen) 230cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 185cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Open until Saturday March 28th: - Hakkaisanroku Open until Sunday March 29th: - Ishiuchi Hanaoka (open on March 27th, 28th, 29th) - Itsukamachi - Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Muikamachi Ski Resort Open until Monday March 30th: - Mt Granview Open until Tuesday March 31st: - Chateau Shiozawa - Yuzawa Kogen - Nunoba - Ludens Yuzawa Open until Wednesday April 1st: - Yuzawa Park Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 25th March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1302cm Posted on Sunday 29th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. More blue sky above us this morning though cloudier out to the north and we are expecting cloudy conditions for the day today - and rain later on. It will be interesting to see if we can get snowfall at higher elevations but with the freezing level not coming down much under 2000m we probably can't expect too much. Back to sun on Monday and Tuesday with rain lined up for later in the week. Today is the last day of the 2014-2015 season for a few resorts in the region - see below for details. We will be keeping this Yuzawa Now report updated daily right though until the end of Golden Week in early May. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 400cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 280cm Iwappara: 180cm Joetsu Kokusai: 260cm Kagura: 370cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 310cm (upper) 190cm (lower) Naeba: 260cm NASPA Ski Garden: 263cm Yuzawa Kogen: 270cm (Kogen) 220cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 180cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Open until Saturday March 28th: - Hakkaisanroku Open until Sunday March 29th: - Ishiuchi Hanaoka (open on March 27th, 28th, 29th) - Itsukamachi - Muikamachi Hakkaisan - Muikamachi Ski Resort Open until Monday March 30th: - Mt Granview Open until Tuesday March 31st: - Chateau Shiozawa - Yuzawa Kogen - Nunoba - Ludens Yuzawa Open until Wednesday April 1st: - Yuzawa Park Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 29th March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1302cm Posted on Tuesday 31st March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It's a very warm spring day here today and going to be t-shirt weather later on. High of up to 17 degrees?! Tomorrow is going to be cooler and rain is expected in the morning but after that it should be quickly warming up once again and as the forecast stands now rain for at least the first part of the weekend. Let's hope that changes. The resort choices are less this morning as some had their last day of the season yesterday. Yuzawa Park planning to have it's last day of the season tomorrow. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 390cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 260cm Iwappara: 160cm Joetsu Kokusai: 240cm Kagura: 370cm Kandatsu Kogen: 310cm Maiko Snow Resort: 300cm (upper) 175cm (lower) Naeba: 260cm NASPA Ski Garden: 245cm Yuzawa Kogen: 260cm (Kogen) 210cm (Nunoba) Yuzawa Nakazato: 165cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Wednesday April 1st: - Yuzawa Park Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 31st March 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1302cm Posted on Wednesday 1st April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. A much greyer palette this morning and unfortunately - as forecast - it's raining. Definitely not as warm today, as you might expect, but not cold enough for snow. Certainly not here in town anyway... let's see if Kagura can surprise us with some fluffy news tomorrow morning (though best not to expect anything there!) The sun is due to be back tomorrow with clear skies and warmer conditions once again. After that and into the weekend I'm afraid rain is what is on the forecasts currently. The coming weekend is the last weekend for a number of resorts in the area, would be good if they could enjoy some fine weather for it. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 370cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 245cm Iwappara: 150cm Joetsu Kokusai: 240cm Kagura: 350cm Kandatsu Kogen: 300cm Maiko Snow Resort: 290cm (upper) 175cm (lower) Naeba: 240cm NASPA Ski Garden: 233cm Yuzawa Nakazato: 165cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 1st April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1302cm Posted on Saturday 4th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. There were some really stunning views of a thick 'sea of clouds' hanging over the Minamiuonuma valley areas this morning, as the day started off with thick fog and low cloud. That cleared to eventually leave us with more blue skies and sunny conditions here today... not as warm though with temperatures just about getting into double digits. A bit of a wind starting up during the day and as of just before 2pm now I am hearing that Gala Yuzawa might be closing due to the wind conditions. Currently it looks like we might not get as much rain as we have been expecting for tomorrow too, most likely it will be falling in the morning. Tomorrow will probably end up a bit warmer than today though. After that a good chance of more rain early in the week and colder temps. but clearer skies are forecast mid-week onwards. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: 360cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 210cm Iwappara: 125cm Joetsu Kokusai: 240cm Kagura: 350cm Kandatsu Kogen: 290cm Maiko Snow Resort: 260cm (upper) 140cm (lower) Naeba: 240cm NASPA Ski Garden: 217cm Yuzawa Nakazato: 145cm --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Sunday April 5th: - Ipponsugi - Ishiuchi Maruyama - Iwappara - Joetsu Kokusai - Yuzawa Nakazato - Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Open until Sunday April 12th: - Maiko Snow Resort (*daily until April 5th, then open on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*weekends only from April 5th, closed weekdays) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th], closed weekdays) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 4th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 1303cm Posted on Wednesday 8th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Fresh snow! There has been just a dusting here at base and town level; and the Kagura resort is reporting 5cm or so. It's great to see snow falling of course and it is still falling now lightly. It's very probably going to dry up soon though and the chance of a bit of sun and clearer skies is forecast for later on in the day today. Definitely been colder the last few days as well and the temperature is right now hovering around 0 degrees. So this afternoon things should warm up a little and a bit more tomorrow. Expect some sunshine tomorrow. Looks like increasing temperatures will be the pattern over the next week. Still, it's been colder than we expect for early April. From today, we'll try to keep up-to-date each day with details from each of the resorts that remain open with 'what's open' in terms of lifts and/or courses. See below for that. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: Official snow depth of 270cm. The South Area is now closed. The Central Area, most of the North Area and the downhill course remain open. Kagura: Official snow depth of 350cm. All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open. The 'Kagura Park' is closed now but should be re-opening in mid April. Kandatsu Kogen: Official snow depth of 260cm. The base pair lift and the Onakadaira and Ikenotaira quad lifts remain open. --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Sunday April 12th: - Kandatsu Kogen - Maiko Snow Resort (*closed on weekdays, open only on April 11th and 12th) Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*closed on weekdays, open only on April 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*closed weekdays, open only on weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th]) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 8th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1303cm Posted on Sunday 12th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. The rain did hold off for a big part of the day but came back later in the afternoon. It's cleared up now though and a bit of low cloud in the valleys aside it is going to be a fine and sunny day and warm up to around 13-14 degrees in town. More rainfall is forecast from tomorrow and with the freezing point rising to around the 3000m level we probably can't hope for any snow up high even. Today is the last day of the season for Maiko Snow Resort and Kandatsu Kogen. NASPA Ski Garden is open today as well and they plan to be open next week as well. With the fast snow melting, it will be interesting to see if they still do that. We will of course let you know if there's any news. --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: Official snow depth of 260cm. The South Area is now closed. The Central Area, most of the North Area and the downhill course remain open. Kagura: Official snow depth of 350cm. All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open. The 'Kagura Park' is closed now but should be re-opening in mid April. Kandatsu Kogen: Official snow depth of 250cm. The base pair lift and the Onakadaira and Ikenotaira quad lifts remain open. Maiko Snow Resort and NASPA Ski Garden are also open today and tomorrow. --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Sunday April 12th: - Kandatsu Kogen - Maiko Snow Resort Open until Sunday April 19th: - NASPA Ski Garden (*closed on weekdays, open only on April 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th) Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*closed weekdays, open only on weekends and holidays from April 5th [except April 29th]) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 12th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1303cm Posted on Friday 17th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday the sun was out for the day and it was pretty warm, but it was also hazy with some very thin high cloud around as well. Got fairly chilly during the evening though. It is going to be colder today. Mostly cloudy and a bit of wind - though both Kagura and Gala Yuzawa don't seem to be affected by that at all and opening as planned. Rain might be falling during the day but hopefully it won't be for long. The current forecasts show sunny conditions for the weekend with more rain due early Monday. Naeba will be (part) re-opening for the weekend - they plan to have the Number 2 Gondola, Takenokodaira Romance lift and Number 5 high speed lifts operating. --- Official snow depths: ** General opening status - any unplanned closures will be mentioned in above report. GALA Yuzawa: Official snow depth of 230cm. The Central Area and most of the North Area. The South Area is now closed. The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola. Kagura: Official snow depth of 330cm. All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open. The 'Kagura Park' is open. --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*closed weekdays, open ONLY on weekends and holidays [except April 29th]) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 17th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1303cm Posted on Friday 24th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Morning from Yuzawa and it's going to be another fine day here. It felt really warm in the afternoon in particular yesterday with beautiful blue skies and feel-good sunshine. Real t-shirt weather. Warm overnight too keeping in double digits. And more of the same looks likely for today. Sun is forecast over the weekend as well, perhaps not quite as warm tomorrow, but you won't need the thermals! --- Official snow depths: GALA Yuzawa: Official snow depth of 180cm. The Central Area and most of the North Area. The South Area is now closed. The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola. Kagura: Official snow depth of 310cm. All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open. --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (*closed on weekdays, open ONLY on weekends and holidays [except April 29th]) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 24th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 1303cm Posted on Thursday 30th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. Guess what -- it's more sunshine this morning, and these conditions still expected to continue until the end of the weekend with some rain due as we enter early next week. --- Official snow depths: ** General opening plans - any unplanned closures will be mentioned in the above report ** GALA Yuzawa: Official snow depth of 150cm. Most of the Central Area and part of the North Area remain open. The South Area is now closed. The downhill course is also now closed - get down back to base using the Gondola. Kagura: Official snow depth of 290cm. All three main areas of Kagura remain pretty much fully open. --- Planned closing dates for resorts in the Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma region Information as currently available and of course subject to change depending on conditions. Resorts not mentioned below are now closed. Open until Wednesday May 6th: - Naeba (** ONLY OPEN Saturday 2nd until Wednesday 6th **) - GALA Yuzawa - Kagura (Tashiro) Open until Sunday May 31st: - Kagura (Mitsumata) Yuzawa Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 30th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1303cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 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 420cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 228cm reported on 17 days March 2015 snowfall 95cm reported on 9 days April 2015 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day 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