Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 54cm Snowfall at base this season 88cm Posted on Thursday 14th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It's a very good morning to you all from here in Yuzawa. Now this is more like it!! Loads of snow has been falling in the region since yesterday morning. It's one of those days where it is difficult to put one number on it, but I'm just going to have to go with how much I have measured... 54cm. Kagura this morning are reporting 50-60cm of fresh snow, and I suspect there is actually probably more than that up there. It has been pretty much snowing for most of the time since my report yesterday - sometimes lightly sometimes very heavily and so it has been building up nicely. Snow is forecast for the morning easing off by evening and tomorrow should be cloudy with perhaps some sun. This feels like winter - proper this time - and hopefully we won't see our plant pots in the garden again until April! Excellent. --- Excite resort opening news - as we have it this morning: Maiko Snow Resort have announced that they will be opening tomorrow (Friday). They plan to have their Gondola as well as the two Okusoeji lifts operating - 6 courses will be available. A bunch of ski resorts were hoping to open this weekend and it's full on bata-bata (people running around in panic!) right now with this snowfall arriving and decisions being made. We will be trying to collect as much information as possible today and tomorrow morning and hope to bring you more details in the next report. Be sure to tune in! --- Currently open in Yuzawa (and official snow depths where available): Kagura - Kagura area: 150cm - Mitsumata area: 90cm - Tashiro area: 110cm Naeba - Base: 60cm --- Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma: Opening as soon as there is enough snow: Iwappara Joetsu Kokusai Friday 15th December 2017 Maiko Snow Resort Muica Snow Resort Yuzawa Park Saturday 16th December 2017 GALA Yuzawa Kandatsu Kogen Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Nakazato Thursday 21st December 2017 Ishiuchi Maruyama Friday 22nd December 2017 NASPA Ski Garden Saturday 23rd December 2017 Ipponsugi Muikamachi Hakkaisan Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Thursday 14th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 88cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 74cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 90cm Posted on Friday 15th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. After that bumper haul of fresh snow on the ground yesterday, we had a little more snow one and off but it didn't amount to much. At times the clouds were clearing and the sun appearing so we got to see the mountains in all their glory. This morning there's some clearer skies over Yuzawa with some cloud. More cloud to the north in Minamiuonuma but we are expecting fair weather today. That heavy snow has done wonders and it looks like things are really going to get started around town this weekend... starting today actually! This morning Yuzawa Park will be part open and so will Maiko Snow Resort and Muica Snow Resort just to the north of Yuzawa in Minamiuonuma. Other resorts will be opening on Saturday morning including GALA Yuzawa, Kandatsu Kogen, Yuzawa Kogen,Yuzawa Nakazato and Joetsu Kokusai in Minamiuonuma. I'm not hearing any confirmed news about Iwappara - will try to update that later today when things are clearer. It's really great to see the ski resorts around town be able to open as scheduled - well, I know Iwappara and Joetsu Kokusai didn't quite meet their original plans, but they always set very ambitious target opening dates. Now what we want is lots of regular snowfall to get the base building and everywhere to get open quickly. It is still looking like the next snow is due Saturday night and Sunday. --- Currently open in Yuzawa (official snow depths where available): Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open - Kagura area: 150cm - Mitsumata area: 90cm - Tashiro area: 110cm Maiko Snow Resort Maiko Snow Resort is open from this morning! The Gondola and two Okusoeji lifts are operating with six courses in that top area available. - Top: 95cm Muica Snow Resort Muica Snow Resort are also opening from this morning, reporting over 1m of snow. No word on lift/course details. Naeba Part of the upper and lower areas (not connected) of Naeba are open - Base: 60cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park plans to have the Number 7 lift operating on this first day of the season, with the Number 1 pair lift also operating from Saturday. Iwappara Currently unconfirmed --- Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma: Saturday 16th December 2017 Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai have announced that they will be opening from Saturday. The area in front of the main base hotel plans to be open. GALA Yuzawa Kandatsu Kogen Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Nakazato Thursday 21st December 2017 Ishiuchi Maruyama Friday 22nd December 2017 NASPA Ski Garden Saturday 23rd December 2017 Ipponsugi Muikamachi Hakkaisan Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Friday 15th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 90cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 76cm 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 19cm Snowfall at base this season 109cm Posted on Sunday 17th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Morning from Yuzawa. It was a lovely morning yesterday... and then later on... it rained! Grrrr. But, happily we can quickly erase that from our minds because this morning there is a nice new layer of fresh snow on the ground around town. Kagura is reporting 20cm of fresh snow this morning. And so are Maiko. Personally, I am measuring 19cm of snow to add to the report. And it is snowing very nicely at the moment so it should be building up. Interesting that Iwappara are still holding off on opening for the season. I would imagine that with this snowfall, their opening is imminent. After today not a whole lot of major snowfall on the weekly forecast - next up Tuesday? - so it would be good if we could get a decent amount from today. Tomorrow morning we might get some sunshine so it should be a great day to be out on the mountain. --- Currently open in Yuzawa (official snow depths where available): GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa opens for the season from this morning. 6 lifts are operating and 7 courses (Central and Northern Areas) are open. The sledding area is also open. - 90cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is reporting that 80% of their courses are open. - 100cm Maiko Snow Resort Maiko Snow Resort is open with the Gondola and two Okusoeji lifts operating and 7 courses in that top area available. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 95cm - Base: 40cm Muica Snow Resort Muica Snow Resort is open with all lifts operating. - 100cm Naeba A large part of Naeba is now open. - Base: 70cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating. - 50cm Joetsu Kokusai - 100cm Joetsu Kokusai is part open from this morning. The area in front of the main base hotel as well as the lower part of the Atema area are open - 12 courses in total. Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is - even the town-level Nunoba Family lift apparently is moving. - Top: 90cm - Base: 40cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 50cm The Number 1 high speed lift as well as Number 2 and 3 lifts are operating. Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course. --- Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma: Iwappara Iwappara is not opening just yet - waiting for more snow. Thursday 21st December 2017 Ishiuchi Maruyama Friday 22nd December 2017 NASPA Ski Garden Saturday 23rd December 2017 Ipponsugi Muikamachi Hakkaisan Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Sunday 17th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 109cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 95cm 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 34cm Snowfall at base this season 143cm Posted on Monday 18th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. It snowed throughout the day yesterday and heavily at times. Result: an additional 34cm of snow measured since my last report. Kagura are reporting... actually, it doesn't look like they are reporting fresh snowfall this morning (I hope that's not a new policy!) Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 20cm since yesterday evening. This morning the sun is out and there are beautiful clear blue skies above Yuzawa making everything look pretty spectacular. What a fantastic morning it should be to be out skiing or boarding. Still waiting on opening info from Iwappara. Hope some of you can get to enjoy today. --- Currently open in Yuzawa (official snow depths where available): Monday 18th December 2017 GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa opens for the season from this morning. 6 lifts are operating and 7 courses (Central and Northern Areas) are open. The sledding area is also open. - 130cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is open - 120cm Maiko Snow Resort Maiko Snow Resort is open with the Gondola and two Okusoeji lifts operating and 7 courses in that top area available. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 120cm - Base: 60cm Muica Snow Resort Muica Snow Resort is open with all lifts operating. - 100cm Naeba A large part of Naeba is now open. - Base: 70cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating. - 50cm Joetsu Kokusai - 110cm Joetsu Kokusai is part open from this morning. The area in front of the main base hotel as well as the lower part of the Atema area are open - 12 courses in total. Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is - even the town-level Nunoba Family lift apparently is moving. - Top: 120cm - Base: 60cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 50cm The Number 1 high speed lift as well as Number 2 and 3 lifts are operating. Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course. --- Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma: Iwappara Iwappara is not opening just yet - waiting for more snow. Thursday 21st December 2017 Ishiuchi Maruyama Friday 22nd December 2017 NASPA Ski Garden Saturday 23rd December 2017 Ipponsugi Muikamachi Hakkaisan Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Monday 18th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 143cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 129cm 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 8cm Snowfall at base this season 151cm Posted on Wednesday 20th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Clouds did indeed move over Yuzawa yesterday with light snow starting to fall in town by the afternoon. It was a bit wet at first but improved into the evening and there's 8cm to add to the report this morning. Kagura are reporting 10-20cm of fresh snowfall since yesterday; Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 15cm. Nice to see that fresh snow, though it does look likely we are going to need to make do with what we have for the next few days - until Monday actually, when Santa is due to bring fresh snowfall to the region according to the forecast. This morning there is more blue sky and sunshine to start the day off. A cold start to the day but it should be fairly mild by mid-afternoon. Ishiuchi Maruyama plans to be part open from tomorrow. They are planning on having 10 lifts operating and 13 courses open. And then NASPA Ski Garden and Iwappara will be opening from Friday. --- Currently open in Yuzawa (official snow depths where available): Wednesday 20th December 2017 GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa opens for the season from this morning. 6 lifts are operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) are open. The sledding area is also open. - 140cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open. - 120cm Maiko Snow Resort Maiko Snow Resort is open with the Gondola and two Okusoeji lifts operating and 7 courses in that top area available. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 120cm - Base: 60cm Muica Snow Resort Muica Snow Resort is open with all lifts operating. - 100cm Naeba A large part of Naeba is now open. - Base: 70cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating. - 50cm Joetsu Kokusai - 110cm Joetsu Kokusai is part open from this morning. The area in front of the main base hotel as well as the lower part of the Atema area are open - 13 courses in total. Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is - even the town-level Nunoba Family lift apparently is moving. - Top: 110cm - Base: 50cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 50cm The Number 1 high speed lift as well as Number 2 and 3 lifts are operating. Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course. --- Other planned opening dates for ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma: Thursday 21st December 2017 Ishiuchi Maruyama Friday 22nd December 2017 Iwappara NASPA Ski Garden Saturday 23rd December 2017 Ipponsugi Muikamachi Hakkaisan Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Wednesday 20th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 151cm Posted on Saturday 23rd December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. After the fine sunny weather of yesterday - the sun was out and when I went past the temperature reading by the side of the road in town it was saying +7C degrees. I recall we were expecting more of the sunny skies today... It hasn't started off that way though. I was woken up by the sound of water - it was automatic snow-melting sprinklers that were turned on; so it may well have been snowing but I can't see any evidence of that. A little later when I got up it was raining. Happily that has now stopped but the roads are wet. There is lots of grey cloud still around but hopefully a chance that things will clear up as the morning progresses. Today sees the small Ipponsugi ski hill in the central Yuzawa open as well as the Muikamachi Hakkaisan resort to the north in Minamiuonuma. The Dragondola lift that connects Naeba with the Tashiro part of Kagura opens from this morning. And in other Kagura news, their top Kagura Number 5 lift is set to start operating from 1st January. --- So, ski hills are now either partly or fully open with generally very good snow cover. The mild conditions that look set to continue through tomorrow though mean that the snow has gradually been reducing so we would like some more sustained snowfall to build those bases up. It still looks like snow should be falling again from Monday. Fingers crossed! Have a good Saturday. --- Updated: Saturday 23rd December 2017 ** Official snow depths (where available) and resort specific information Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open. The sledding area is also open. - 130cm Ipponsugi - 50cm Iwappara - Iwappara is open from this morning. The central and top area was open yesterday with more scheduled to be available today. - 70cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba plans to open from this morning. The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open. - 100cm Naeba Most of Naeba is now open. The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura plans to open from this morning. - Base: 70cm NASPA Ski Garden - NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. - 105cm Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open. - Top: 110cm - Base: 50cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is part open with the Number 7 and Number 1 lifts operating as of yesterday. Unconfirmed if more will be available today. - 40cm Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with the six lifts operating. Courses open are the Panorama course, Joyful course and Number 3 romance course. - 50cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open. Nighta starts from this evening. - 90cm Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai is part open. - 100cm Maiko Snow Resort From today all three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 105cm - Base: 30cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - 120cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Saturday 23rd December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm 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 0cm Snowfall at base this season 151cm Posted on Monday 25th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa and Merry Christmas. I'd rather not have to report this morning because it's raining. And pretty heavily at times too overnight. You might notice that the official snow depth info from resorts have generally been going down over the last few days. The good news that I can give you is that it is snowing at higher elevations and the rain should turning into snow down to town sometime during the day today. And then snow is forecast over the next few days, so we should be on the receiving end of quite a lot in the coming days. We all know how quickly things can transform with a storm that lasts a few days; let's hope that what we are about to get is one of them. For today though - it's not very appealing out there and while lots of people around town now, I expect many will be put off and taking an onsen instead. If you are still keen to get out there, Kagura is only open up to the Number 1 romance lift and the Tashiro area is closed for the day due to the weather conditions. GALA Yuzawa are also saying that the forecast strong winds today may well affect lift/gondola operations. --- Updated: Monday 25th December 2017 ** Official snow depths (where available) and resort specific information Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open. The sledding area is also open. - 110cm Ipponsugi - 50cm Iwappara - Iwappara is open with the central and upper area available (4 lifts and 12 courses). Nighta until 8pm. - 50cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating. The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open. - 90cm Naeba Most of Naeba is now open. The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating. - Base: 70cm NASPA Ski Garden - NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available. - 65cm Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open. - Top: 90cm - Base: 30cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating - 60cm Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with the four lifts operating. - 40cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open. - 80cm Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available. - 90cm Maiko Snow Resort All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 85cm - Base: 20cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan Most of Hakkaisan is now open. - 120cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Monday 25th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 137cm 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 160cm Posted on Tuesday 26th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. After that rain in the first part of the day yesterday, happily it turned into snow later on and this morning we have just under 10cm of fresh on the ground. Kagura are this morning reporting 2cm of fresh snow at Kagura, 10cm at Mitsumata and 20cm at Tashiro. My best guess is that there's a typo there and it was actually 20cm at Kagura too. Maiko Snow Resort just to the north of Yuzawa is reporting 10-20cm of fresh. More unexpected was the sunshine and clearer skies earlier on this morning, though it seems to gradually be clouding over again now and snow is still there on the forecast for the day. There is still regular snowfall on the forecast for the week, with perhaps the heaviest expected tonight and tomorrow. The third photo (below) for today is from Maiko (the first is GALA and the second is NASPA). So it should be a nice early morning with hopefully snow starting to fall again fairly soon. And fingers crossed, a lot of it! --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open. The sledding area is also open. - 110cm Ipponsugi - 50cm Iwappara - Iwappara is open with the central and upper area available (4 lifts and 12 courses). Nighta until 8pm. - 60cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating. The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 180cm - Mitsumata area: 120cm - Tashiro area: 140cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open. - 90cm Naeba Most of Naeba is now open. The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating. - Base: 70cm NASPA Ski Garden - NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available. - 65cm Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open. - Top: 90cm - Base: 30cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating - 60cm Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with four lifts operating. - 50cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama Ishiuchi Maruyama is now open. - 80cm Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available. - 90cm Maiko Snow Resort All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 100cm - Base: 30cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan Most of Hakkaisan is now open. - 120cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Tuesday 26th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 160cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 146cm 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 42cm Snowfall at base this season 256cm Posted on Thursday 28th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. We are still enjoying a full-on traditional Yuzawa snow storm, I am happy to report. Having said that, there's probably less new snowfall to report than I thought there would be this morning with snow falling through the day yesterday and overnight. Still, there is a good new 40cm at our measuring point. I suspect strong winds blowing the fresh snow around wildly at times yesterday is affecting the number today... indeed, Kagura are reporting a large 50-80cm of fresh snow this morning. Here's the fresh snowfall numbers resorts are reporting this morning: Kagura - 80cm Kagura Mitsumata - 50cm Kagura Tashiro - 60cm Maiko Snow Resort - 30+cm There's lots of snow around town and even more on the slopes. It's what we love to see. I suspect that I will soon not need to be mentioning what is open and what is not open because we'll be getting to that 'all open' stage. The forecast seems to be saying that the peak of this particular batch of heavy snow has passed and things will be calming down as the day goes on. We still might be getting further snow though today and tomorrow with the chance of some sun over the weekend. Snow shouldn't be far away though as we enter January, so things are looking good! --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is open with 6 lifts operating and 9 courses (Central and Northern Areas) open. The sledding area is also open. - 170cm Iwappara - Iwappara is open. Nighta until 8pm. - 140cm Kagura Almost all of Kagura is open. Only the Mitsumata area open this morning due to weather conditions. Kagura may open depending on weather. The Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is now operating (when weather allows!) The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 280cm - Mitsumata area: 180cm - Tashiro area: 230cm Kandatsu Kogen Kandatsu Kogen is mostly open. - 150cm Naeba Naeba is open. The Dragondola connecting Naeba with Kagura is now operating (when weather allows!) - Base: 150cm NASPA Ski Garden - NASPA Ski Garden is open with all lifts operating and all the main courses available. The Mogul and Slopestyle areas are not yet available. - 155cm Yuzawa Kogen Yuzawa Kogen is open with all lifts operating and courses open. - Top: 150cm - Base: 100cm Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Park is now open with all lifts operating - 110cm Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Nakazato is part open with six lifts operating. - 110cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama Ishiuchi Maruyama is open. They don't seem to be publishing a snow depth number! Joetsu Kokusai Joetsu Kokusai is open with 19 courses available. - 140cm Maiko Snow Resort All three of the main areas of Maiko Snow Resort are (at least part) open. Gondola on hold this morning due to strong winds. Nighta operations are scheduled to begin from 28th December. - Top: 170cm - Base: 110cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan Most of Hakkaisan is now open. - 180cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Thursday 28th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 256cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 242cm 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 15cm Snowfall at base this season 271cm Posted on Friday 29th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. Good morning from Yuzawa. More snow to report since yesterday. Kagura are reporting 15-20cm of fresh snowfall while Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 15cm; I can also add an observed 15cm to the reports. Things have generally calmed down somewhat since the peak of this snow and we have lots of cloud around at the moment. Snow could be falling any time during the day today and possibly tomorrow too. The next chance of much clearer skies and sunshine seems to be - appropriately enough - Sunday, but we're expecting snow once again from Monday. The heavy snowfall over the last few days has really given resorts - and visitors of course - what they want and need... a good base with regular snow falling on top. Long may that continue! Yuzawa is continuing to get busier now as the New Year weekend approaches. Unless noted below, all of the ski resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma are now pretty much open as normal and so we have slimmed down the information in the resort specific list below. We will continue to keep an eye on details every morning and post anything significant. Have a good day wherever you are. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa - 180cm Iwappara - 140cm Kagura The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 280cm - Mitsumata area: 180cm - Tashiro area: 230cm Kandatsu Kogen - 160cm Naeba - 170cm NASPA Ski Garden - 160cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 160cm - Base: 110cm Yuzawa Park - 130cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 120cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 150cm Joetsu Kokusai - 140cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 170cm - Base: 110cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - 190cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Friday 29th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 271cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 257cm 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 19cm Snowfall at base this season 290cm Posted on Saturday 30th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. More snow to report as we approach the end of 2017. Here is what the 'resorts that report' have reported this morning: Kagura: 40cm Kagura Mitsumata: 25cm Kagura Tashiro: 40cm Naeba: 30cm Maiko Snow Resort: 20cm And I am measuring 19cm myself. Nice. It has shaped up to be a really good end to the year, with an equally very good start to 2018 on the cards if the forecasts are correct. A pretty big contrast to how things were last season; in a good way! It's very cloudy and rather dark this morning with fog in places. Light snow perhaps during the day today and it looks like there is a very good chance of sunshine during the day tomorrow. It should be warming up a little tomorrow as well. Not to worry though as a return to colder temperatures and further decent snowfall is on the forecast from later on in the day on Monday. Early in January we'll take a look back at the season so far and also compare with the last few seasons. The top lift at Kagura will be opening for the season from tomorrow. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa - 180cm Iwappara - 145cm Kagura The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from 1st January. - Kagura area: 280cm - Mitsumata area: 180cm - Tashiro area: 230cm Kandatsu Kogen - 165cm Naeba - 170cm NASPA Ski Garden - 170cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 180cm - Base: 130cm Yuzawa Park - 130cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 130cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 170cm Joetsu Kokusai - 150cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 180cm - Base: 120cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - 200cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Saturday 30th December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 290cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 276cm 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 1cm Snowfall at base this season 291cm Posted on Sunday 31st December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here. UPDATE: Unfortunately, the GALA Yuzawa resort has closed and some other lifts at other resorts may be affected by some fairly strong winds in higher areas this morning. --- Good morning from Yuzawa. And here we are on New Years Eve already. Time really does seem to just fly by, doesn't it. It has been a good end of the year though with the decent snowfall, helping to really get things kicking things off properly at resorts around the area. The popular slopes were really busy yesterday as is expected and today should be the same. There is just a bit of fresh cm of snow to report this morning (from yesterday, with 10cm being reported by Kagura). It is a chilly start but it's destined to be rather mild today. And while we are starting off with generally cloudy/overcast skies, sunshine is likely later on. It should be a good day to be out enjoying the snow. As I said it is likely to be a busy day today with people enjoying their last ride of the season. Here's a shout out and thank you to all the busy folk out there at the ski resorts and hotels, keeping it all going! Otsukaresama. The Southern Area of the GALA Yuzawa resort will be opening from this morning. There's often some nice deep snow over in that area and it always seems to be much quieter than the rest of the resort even on a busy day. And of course the top pair lift of Kagura should be opening for the season from tomorrow. Anyway I hope that you all enjoy New Years Eve and here's too a great 2018. Thanks for reading the reports and using the site. There's loads of the season left to go of course - and hopefully loads of regular snow too... and it should be snowing again from tomorrow. See you in 2018. --- Ski resorts in Yuzawa: GALA Yuzawa - Southern Area opening from today - 190cm Iwappara - 135cm Kagura - The top Kagura Number 5 lift should be open from tomorrow! - Kagura area: 280cm - Mitsumata area: 180cm - Tashiro area: 230cm Kandatsu Kogen - 160cm Naeba - 190cm NASPA Ski Garden - 165cm Yuzawa Kogen - Top: 180cm - Base: 130cm Yuzawa Park - 135cm Yuzawa Nakazato - 130cm --- Ski resorts in Minamiuonuma (just to the north of Yuzawa): Ishiuchi Maruyama - 160cm Joetsu Kokusai - 150cm Maiko Snow Resort - Top: 170cm - Base: 110cm Muikamachi Hakkaisan - 200cm Yuzawa Now 2017-2018 season Data as of Sunday 31st December 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 291cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (14th and 27th December) November 2017 snowfall 14cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 277cm 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