Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 12cm Snowfall at base this season 235cm Posted on Saturday 30th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Morning from Yuzawa, and after the snow falling yesterday and last night, there has been an additional 12cm of fresh on the ground according to my measurements. Here's how much fresh snowfall is being reported by various resorts this morning: Kagura is reporting 15-20cm. Naeba (seems to be) reporting 10+cm. Maiko Snow Resort is reporting 10-15cm. Muikamachi Hakkai-san, to the north of Yuzawa, is reporting 20cm. And I am reporting 12cm of snow down in town. Again it is not as much as we were hoping for (and the local reports as of last night told us to expect), but still it's a decent new layer for the start of the weekend. Snow was falling when I got up this morning but it has stopped now and we are left with just cloudy skies. Forecasts have snow clouds due to be with us for most of the coming week, but not the kind that will deliver significant amounts of snow - more like light snow from time to time. Here's to the temperatures remaining low and keeping the snow in decent condition. Have a fun Saturday. --- Resort official snow depths (Saturday 30th January 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: All resorts in the area are either mostly or fully open. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 160cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 140cm Iwappara 110cm Joetsu Kokusai 140cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 110-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 155cm (upper) 80cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 100cm NASPA Ski Garden 110cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 85cm Yuzawa Park 90cm --- 'Nighta' (floodlit night operations) Details of the 'nighta' operations at ski and snowboards resorts around Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma. Ishiuchi Maruyama Open daily until 8:50pm (until 20th March). The Chuo No 1 and Chuo No 2 lifts are open daily. The Kanko No 1, Kanko No 2, Kanko No 3, Hatsukaishi Entrance lift, Hatsukaishi No 2 pair lifts are open on weekends and holidays. The basic charge is 2000 yen but various tickets are available. Iwappara Open daily until 9pm on Saturdays and until 8pm on weekdays and Sundays (until 21st March). The charge is 1500 yen for adults and 1000 yen for children and seniors. Joetsu Kokusai Open daily until 9pm (until 21st March). The charge is 1500 yen for adults and 1000 yen for children and seniors. On weekdays the area in front of the main hotel is open - a larger area (including Osawa and Atema) is open on weekends. Kandatsu Kogen Open from 6pm until 4am on Fridays, Saturdays and evenings before holidays through 26th March. Open from 4:30pm until 11pm on weekdays until 24th March. Various tickets are available starting at 2000 yen for adults, 1700 yen for seniors and 1000 yen for children. Maiko Snow Resort Open daily with the Maiko Center quad lift operating from 4pm until 8pm. The charge is 500 yen for everyone. Naeba Open daily until 27th March. From 4pm until 8:30pm on weekdays and Sundays (2000 yen); until 9pm every Saturday and on 20th March (3000 yen). 'All Night' opening is planned for Saturday 26th March when Naeba will be open from 10pm until 5am. NASPA Ski Garden Extended opening until 6pm (Number 1 lift) on Saturdays until 27th February. There is no special ticket available just for the extended time. Yuzawa Nakazato Open on Saturdays from 5pm until 8:30pm (until 12th March). Tickets are 1500 yen for adults and 1000 yen for children and seniors. Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Saturday 30th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 235cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 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 143cm reported on 18 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 238cm Posted on Monday 1st February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa, first day of February already! Yesterday the snow did finish up and leave us with some clearer skies and sunshine in the afternoon. This morning it is snowing and there's 3cm fresh on the ground. Early on Kagura are reporting 3-5cm and Maiko are reporting 5cm. Not a massive amount, but it is still snowing now - though not expected to last beyond this morning. It is currently -1C and it shouldn't warm up too much during the day today. Light snow from time to time today and tomorrow as well, some forecasts saying there's a decent chance of the sun making an appearance mid-week - and then a return to some fresh snowfall on Friday. What will February bring us this season. More of the same, or a sustained blast of full-on winter? --- As promised I'm going to bring you some numbers from the season. To start with today, it'll be our own numbers that we have observed here in town. A few people have been asking about the snowfall in Yuzawa this season and how it compares with previous seasons. Some didn't know about all of the archives that we have here on SnowJapan - there are archive reports going as far back as 2002 on the site. It's interesting to take a look back and see how the reports have evolved and improved over the years. (Those of you viewing the reports on the mobile site will need to go over to the main website to get all of the arhives and full details). But just to demonstrate how 'not normal' this season is, last season at the end of January I had observed 979cm of snowfall. This season so far, observing from the same place, that number stands at 235cm; essentially less than 1/4 of the amount from the same point last season. Last year was definitely 'special' (the previous season the number at the end of January was 433cm), and there's bound to be more snow falling higher on the mountains than here in town, but it's still a pretty startling comparison. And that is perhaps why it's such a talking point - because we are so used to getting huge amounts of snow in this region. Still, it is important to note that resorts are open and actually have decent snow cover - it's not as if they we have bare mountains like in some places. January 2016: 143cm January 2015: 420cm January 2014: 297cm 15/16 season up until the end of January 2016: 235cm 14/15 season up until the end of January 2015: 979cm 13/14 season up until the end of January 2014: 433cm Remember those numbers are all observed here at base level, not up on the mountain. And they are taken from the same place in each of those seasons, by ourselves. Tomorrow, I'll introduce some other statistics that come directly from Niigata Prefecture about official snowfall records in Yuzawa town. --- Resort official snow depths (Monday 1st February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: All resorts in the area are either mostly or fully open. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 120cm Iwappara 105cm Joetsu Kokusai 140cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 110-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 160cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 105cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 85cm Yuzawa Park 85cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 1st February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 238cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 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 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 3cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 239cm Posted on Tuesday 2nd February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa where there has just been a dusting of snow overnight and light snow is falling now in the Ishiuchi area just to the north of central Yuzawa (where I am posting from this morning). Once again it looks like light snow on and off is what we can expect today with a high of around +1C later on. After today the next snowfall is due around Friday when hopefully we might be able to get a decent refresh in before the weekend. --- Below are the official snow depth numbers were from some of the larger resorts on 1st February 2015 (last season). Official snow depths are definitely not the best measure of snowfall and/or gaining an understanding of how a season is measuring up - some resorts move theirs around more than others, some arguably over-report and some also arguably under-report. But the numbers each year are being put out there by the same resorts and so are comparable with the numbers posted from this season, and so maybe of interest: GALA Yuzawa: 410cm Ishiuchi Maruyama: 360cm Iwappara: 265cm Joetsu Kokusai: 230cm Kagura: 340cm Kandatsu Kogen: 340cm Maiko Snow Resort:340cm (upper); 270cm (lower) Naeba: 260cm NASPA Ski Garden: 305cm Yuzawa Kogen: 320cm (Kogen) Yuzawa Nakazato: 225cm --- And as promised, here are official snowfall records from Yuzawa Town, as published by Niigata Prefecture. Check out the one day last season when over 1m of snowfall was recorded in one day! And the 9 days when 51-100cm of fresh snow fell. It brings back memories of some serious snow shovelling as well as some superb conditions on the slopes! You'll also notice that 7 seasons ago was a pretty lean season as well. No comparable numbers are available for this season yet and I think it might be spring before they are - but we'll keep an eye open for those and come back to the numbers in the future. 2014-2015 season (last season): 23 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 20 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 16 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 9 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 1 day with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 105cm (!) Peak snow depth: 333cm 2013-2014 season: 31 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 24 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 15 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 3 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 76cm Peak snow depth: 290cm 2012-2013 season: 22 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 23 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 18 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 6 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 75cm Peak snow depth: 310cm 2011-2012 season: 22 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 19 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 16 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 12 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 70cm Peak snow depth: 305cm 2010-2011 season: 31 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 15 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 15 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 8 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 75cm Peak snow depth: 270cm 2009-2010 season: 31 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 16 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 7 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 7 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 96cm Peak snow depth: 255cm 2008-2009 season: 28 days with 1-10cm of snowfall recorded 15 days with 11-30cm of snowfall recorded 5 days with 31-50cm of snowfall recorded 3 days with 51-100cm of snowfall recorded 0 days with over 100cm of snowfall recorded Most snowfall in one day: 56cm Peak snow depth: 148cm --- Resort official snow depths (Tuesday 2nd February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: All resorts in the area are either mostly or fully open. And updates for 2nd Feb not available at time of writing. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 120cm Iwappara 105cm Joetsu Kokusai 140cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 110-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 160cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 105cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 85cm Yuzawa Park 85cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 2nd February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 239cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 4cm reported on 2 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 9cm Snowfall at base this season 248cm Posted on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It was snowing for most of the day yesterday - and actually coming down pretty good during the day on the mountain. Your reporter was up at Maiko yesterday where there was at times limited visibility and most of the time moderate to heavy snow coming down, which was great to see. It was fairly busy as well for a weekday. Not so much snow had fallen back down at base though, with only 1cm of fairly heavy wet snow on the top of the car by mid afternoon. The snowfall got heavier - and drier - down to town level in the evening and overnight. This morning there's 9cm of fresh to report here at outside my place. Given what I experienced yesterday I imagine a decent bit more than that up in some higher areas. Maiko resort themselves are this morning reporting 15-20cm of fresh snowfall, while Kagura are reporting perhaps a surprisingly low 10-15cm and Naeba 5cm. Looking at the forecast the decent snowfall we were told to expect at the end of the week now seems scheduled to be here around Saturday. Before then, expect sunshine tomorrow and perhaps Friday as well along with milder daytime temperatures (perhaps rising to around 4C). --- Resort official snow depths (Wednesday 3rd February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: All resorts in the area are either mostly or fully open. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 160cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 140cm Iwappara 105cm Joetsu Kokusai 140cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 115-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 170cm (upper) 70cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 110cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 90cm Yuzawa Park 85cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 248cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 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 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 13cm reported on 3 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 7cm Snowfall at base this season 255cm Posted on Sunday 7th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. I spent most of the day yesterday in Nagaoka City which is north of Yuzawa and came back in the evening to some light snowfall in Yuzawa though no new cm on the ground. Overnight we have had more snow though and there's 7cm to report in town here. Kagura are reporting 15cm and Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5cm as of 7am, though it was snowing quite hard for a short while since then I expect there's more over there than 5cm. The new snow is of course very welcome. A few friends who were out yesterday have reported of rather spring-like conditions yesterday on some lower slopes around town though conditions keeping better higher up. Still, it's peak season now so we should be enjoying deep and fluffy everywhere right now. Today once again it's forecast snow but - once again - it somehow just doesn't seem to want to click into 'dumpage' mode. Like I said it was snowing quite heavily for a short while earlier on, but that has now eased off and it's quite bright like it might even clear up. Hopefully it will get snowing again. Tomorrow clear and sunny skies and mild conditions are very likely to be followed by the promise (is it a promise?) of decent snow falling on Tuesday. --- Resort official snow depths (Sunday 7th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 150cm Iwappara 110cm Joetsu Kokusai 150cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 135-170cm Maiko Snow Resort 160cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 120cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 90cm Yuzawa Park 90cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Sunday 7th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 255cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 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 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 20cm reported on 4 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 4cm Snowfall at base this season 259cm Posted on Monday 8th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Yesterday the snow was on and off for most of the day until mid afternoon - and actually falling quite heavily at some times, I'm happy to report so I imagine a fairly decent amount fell especially in higher areas. There was probably a 3-4cm of snow fall in town before it cleared up. Come 3pm and there was quite a lot of blue sky as the clouds started to disperse leaving us with a generally clear evening. There has been no further new snowfall overnight. This morning as expected the day has started with blue skies and sunshine. Clear skies all around and a cold start so it should be a good morning though we are expecting things to get warmer this afternoon. But things are still looking good for snow tomorrow, with heavy snow possible tomorrow night. Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! --- Resort official snow depths (Monday 8th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 150cm Iwappara 110cm Joetsu Kokusai 150cm Kagura 140cm (Mitsumata) 170cm (Tashiro) 200cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 135-170cm Maiko Snow Resort 160cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 120cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 90cm Yuzawa Park 90cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 8th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 24cm reported on 5 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 34cm Snowfall at base this season 293cm Posted on Wednesday 10th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It's a very good morning from Yuzawa, where it has been snowing like how we expect it to snow here. The most impressive snow of the season I would say with it really coming down hard at times last night and overnight leaving us with over 30cm at base and resorts reporting that much and more - the most being reported by Kagura as you might expect, with 30-60cm of fresh up there. Conditions will surely have been transformed everywhere though since this snow started with that very nice new thick layer. It's still snowing now and while it is expected to ease off later on, there should be more cm to report tomorrow. Strong winds look like they are affecting operations at Kagura this morning so expect to see some lifts not moving there. The sun is expected tomorrow as well making it very probably a choice day to be here. Should be excellent! Looking beyond tomorrow there's still a warm up along with wet weather forecast for the weekend unfortunately, which would be a really great shame to spoil all this snow we have just got - not to mention the World Cup event that is being held over at Naeba - so we can only hope for that not to happen, or at least damage limitation. For now though time to have some fun in the fresh snow. --- Resort official snow depths (Wednesday 10th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 150cm Iwappara 200cm Joetsu Kokusai 150cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 150-180cm Maiko Snow Resort 190cm (upper) 90cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 170cm Naeba 110cm NASPA Ski Garden 160cm Yuzawa Kogen 160cm Yuzawa Nakazato 100cm Yuzawa Park 130cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 10th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 293cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 58cm reported on 6 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 22cm Snowfall at base this season 315cm Posted on Thursday 11th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. Yesterday we got more snow falling for lots of the day and this morning I have measured a further 22cm to add to what we got yesterday. I see this morning Kagura are reporting 10-20cm while Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 20cm. The last few days has really seen the kind of snowfall that we usually enjoy so often here. It's fantastic to suddenly see a fairly decent amount of snow piled up at the side of the roads - and to have to get out there and do some shovelling. Yes, shovelling is fun. I want to do lots more of it! This morning light snow has still been snowing and it's cloudier than we were led to believe it would be by the forecast but there are a few signs that it is gradually clearing so we might be left with clear(er) skies by the end of the day. It's a national holiday here in Japan (National Foundation Day) and so popular resorts will be busier than a usual weekday and with the fresh snowfall I'm sure lots of people will be visiting for the day to make the most of it as conditions should be great out there. Tomorrow sunshine is forecast and it's also going to start getting warmer with a high temperature here in town perhaps even getting close to 10 degrees. It really would be cruel (for want of a better word) for us to get rained on just after this fine dump of snow we have received. But we can't do anything about nature can we, so the only thing we can do is hope that the forecasts are off a bit. After all, they've hardly had a perfect track record this season! It would also really be cruel for the Naeba World Cup event to be marred by rain. The races themselves are being held at Naeba on Saturday and Sunday. Hope you can get to enjoy today and tomorrow, should be good! --- Resort official snow depths (Thursday 11th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 190cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 210cm Iwappara 170cm Joetsu Kokusai 170cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 160-180cm Maiko Snow Resort 220cm (upper) 120cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 180cm Naeba 130cm NASPA Ski Garden 175cm Yuzawa Kogen 170cm Yuzawa Nakazato 110cm Yuzawa Park 150cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 11th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 315cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 80cm 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 26cm Snowfall at base this season 341cm Posted on Tuesday 16th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa... and what a lovely morning it is. Back to snow. It's quite hard to believe just how good it was snowing at times yesterday when you think back to just the previous few days. But yes, it felt proper winter-like once again. This morning there's 26cm of fresh snowfall built up here in town where I make my daily measurements. Very nice! What's more, this morning we have mostly clear blue skies about us, so it should be a great morning to get out onto the slopes. It might get a bit mild in the afternoon but nothing like the crazy warmth of the weekend (hopefully). New snow, blue skies, newly formed icicles dangling down from rooftops. Great morning I think. Snow clouds are forecast to be back over the area later on today anyway with snowfall due once again overnight and through tomorrow... and perhaps even heavy snowfall again. It's an impressive turnaround from the weekend, especially if we get another decent amount of snow tomorrow. I think I will have to strap on the skis and give it all a check-out this morning. --- Resort official snow depths (Tuesday 16th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: There's a few odd numbers being reported this morning, perhaps not updated. Anyway, take more note of the number mentioned in the report above! Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 150cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 160cm Iwappara 160cm Joetsu Kokusai 150cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 150-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 185cm (upper) 75cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 120cm NASPA Ski Garden 130cm Yuzawa Kogen 160cm Yuzawa Nakazato 95cm Yuzawa Park 100cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Tuesday 16th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 341cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 106cm 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 18cm Snowfall at base this season 359cm Posted on Thursday 18th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Snow started falling yesterday morning. And it continued through the day - and it was coming down hard as well for quite a lot of the time. Result? Another 18cm of fresh snow outside my place. (I actually thought it would be more than that). Kagura reported 30cm of fresh snowfall during the day on their blog, and this morning just going with 5-10cm since last night (meaning that if you didn't read the blog bit, you'd think it was just 5-10cm rather than 35-40cm! I know if I had a ski-jo, I'd be shouting out about these numbers especially in a season like this!) This morning Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 15-20cm of fresh snow. But anyway, excellent. These snowfalls are what feels like 'normal' for us! The snow eased off late last night and the skies cleared, leaving us with a beautiful clear blue sky early morning. It's going to be a very fine day with sun forecast and temperatures to rise to perhaps 6-7 degrees. That means that early tracks this morning should be fantastic pretty much wherever you choose to go - perhaps just more fantastic in higher places. Depending on just how much it does warm up this afternoon, conditions may change later on. So, get out there early and make the most of it! Tomorrow should also be generally good clear weather as well by the way. (I'll deal with the weekend weather in the report tomorrow - in the meantime do take a look at the forecast below for that). --- Resort official snow depths (Wednesday 17th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Not updated today as it's too early - this data will be updated again tomorrow. Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 180cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 160cm Iwappara 160cm Joetsu Kokusai 150cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 150-160cm Maiko Snow Resort 185cm (upper) 75cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 150cm Naeba 120cm NASPA Ski Garden 130cm Yuzawa Kogen 160cm Yuzawa Nakazato 95cm Yuzawa Park 100cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 18th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 359cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 124cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 364cm Posted on Monday 22nd February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Hello and good morning from Yuzawa where there's some fresh snow on the ground. We had to put up with rain for quite a bit of yesterday down in town level though I hear it was snowing at times at higher elevations. Down here as well it was trying to snow at times, and by evening it eventually did turn into snow - and we have 5cm of new snow on the ground this morning. Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 5-10cm of snowfall and Kagura are reporting 5cm, so it looks like you can expect around 5cm of fresh out there on the slopes this morning. Obviously that's not as much as we would have liked and not enough to totally refresh conditions, but an improvement. It has still been snowing since I got up, but is expected to ease off any time now leaving us with a mostly cloudy day. We might get to see some sunshine tomorrow morning along with the seemingly ever-present 'warmer than average' temperatures, rising to around +6 or +7C. Good news is we should be back to snow on Wednesday and some decent snowfall is currently on the forecast for later on Friday as well, so fingers crossed! --- Recently it has been getting noticeable how the days appear to be getting longer and it getting darker later on. --- Resort official snow depths (Monday 22nd February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 160cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 120cm Iwappara 130cm Joetsu Kokusai 160cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 120-140cm Maiko Snow Resort 165cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 160cm Naeba 120cm NASPA Ski Garden 110cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 90cm Yuzawa Park 90cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Monday 22nd February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 364cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 129cm 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 9cm Snowfall at base this season 373cm Posted on Wednesday 24th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It started raining yesterday evening and was still raining last time I was outside at 10:30am, but the very good news is that this morning we have woken to some fresh snow on the ground. Hurray! Early on Kagura are reporting 10cm, while Maiko Snow Resort report 5-10cm... and I have just measured 9cm outside my place at town level at 8:30am. Better still is that it is still snowing now as I write the report. We can probably expect it to ease off sometime around lunchtime, so we just want as much as possible to fall before then (of course). Next up after today in terms of snowfall (or more than potential very light snow) looks like it should be Friday and then later in the weekend as well. Let's see if we can have a good end to the month of February and start to March. --- Resort official snow depths (Wednesday 24th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing: Resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa 170cm Ishiuchi Maruyama 120cm Iwappara 130cm Joetsu Kokusai 160cm Kagura 160cm (Mitsumata) 190cm (Tashiro) 220cm (Kagura) Kandatsu Kogen 120-140cm Maiko Snow Resort 170cm (upper) 60cm (lower) Muikamachi Hakkaisan 160cm Naeba 120cm NASPA Ski Garden 115cm Yuzawa Kogen 140cm Yuzawa Nakazato 90cm Yuzawa Park 85cm Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Wednesday 24th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 373cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 138cm 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