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 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 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 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 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 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 19cm Posted on Thursday 24th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Good morning, and things remain generally a bit wet this morning with temperatures somewhere about the same as well... dropping to about 5C overnight and a high of about 10C expected today. Hopefully it might clear up a bit like it did yesterday for a while and indeed cloud is the forecast for the day. So is tomorrow the start of the snow? We're still hoping. There may be some more rain to get through before it turns to snow but later in the day all being well snow will be falling down to town. And that will be the start of a run of a few days of snow. Kagura remains the biggest skiable area open with both the Ropeways open and the connecting courses as well. Please note that the Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba is not yet open with only limited parts of Naeba open at the moment. --- If you look back at the report archives you will remember the incredible snowfall that we enjoyed last year in December - 559cm of it, here in town! The year before the same number for December was 131cm of snowfall during the month. This month so far we are on a pretty sad sounding 19cm. There's a lot of catching up to do. It's important to note of course that last year was something of a 'special' December and so far this month is proving to be 'special' on the other end of the stick. Let's see what this weekend brings us! --- Resorts that are now at least part open (Thursday 24th December 2015) - subject to change: Kagura Most of Kagura is now open. Both Ropeways (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open and you can ski or snowboard from one to the other. The only areas now closed at Kagura seem to be the very top pair lift, one of the main Mitsumata slopes and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base. Naeba Lower Number 4 and 5 courses are open (with the help of artificial snow) and the upper Takenokodaira course is open (100% natural snow). GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is part open - the Melody and part of the Entertainment courses in the main Central Area are open. Muikamachi Hakkaisan The Technical course and Rakuraku A courses open with just two pair lifts operating (one to get to the open area). Resorts on standby to open as soon as there is enough snow to open: Ipponsugi Ishiuchi Maruyama Iwappara Kagura (Tashiro) Kandatsu Kogen Ludens Yuzawa Muikamachi Ski Resort Nakazato Snow Wood NASPA Ski Garden Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Kogen Planning to open on Thursday 24th December: Chateau Shiozawa Planning to open on Friday 25th December: Hakkaisanroku Planning to open on Saturday 26th December: Itsukamachi Ishiuchi Hanaoka Mt Granview Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Thursday 24th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 19cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 19cm 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. 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 15cm Posted on Friday 18th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . At last, we have snow in town! Wet snow started falling in the morning yesterday down here in town though it wasn't sticking until the evening and by late night there was just over 10cm of lovely fresh snow on the ground. This morning there's a little more and so I'm going to log it as 15cm. The Kagura resort is reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall so higher up on the mountain there has been a decent fall. I was happy to be woken by the snow moving machines at 4am this morning. A good sound it surely is! It is of course fantastic to see snow again... and it feels proper winter as well with a nice chill in the air. Right now it is about 2 degrees and snow has been holding off but it might be falling again especially this morning and then again overnight tonight into tomorrow. It seems that this morning Kagura are planning to open their Giant Course and Technical Course if possible. And Tashiro is going to be open from tomorrow as well. EVENING UPDATE: There has been very light snow at times but mostly fairly clearer weather today with no new cm to report in town. It has stayed cold though which is good and there is some snow expected overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. Areas around Yuzawa expecting up to 10cm according to the Niigata forecast. The snow that we have received yesterday means that are going to be a few changes for the weekend though it wasn't enough for huge changes. Here is the information that I have been able to find this evening: Kagura Mitsumata - will be mostly open from tomorrow (Saturday), from Mitsumata Ropeway through to Kagura Number 4 Romance pair lift. Kagura Tashiro - will be part open from tomorrow (Saturday), from Tashiro Ropeway to Tashiro Number 1 high speed lift. No skiable connection between Kagura<>Tashiro. GALA Yuzawa - will be part open tomorrow (Saturday), with the Melody and Entertainment courses planning to be open. Muikamachi Hakkaisan - will be part open tomorrow (Saturday), with the Technical course and Rakuraku A course opening Maiko Kogen Resort - not enough snow to open tomorrow (Saturday), but there is a slight chance of a part opening on Sunday depending on how much snow falls tonight. Kandatsu Kogen - not enough snow to open tomorrow. NASPA Ski Garden - has delayed opening until there is enough snow. Ishiuchi Maruyama - has delayed opening until there is enough snow. Yuzawa Kogen - has delayed opening until there is enough snow. The Ropeway is open for tourists (not skiers/snowboarders). Yuzawa Nakazato - has delayed opening until there is enough snow. That's about it for now. Currently it is unconfirmed what Naeba might have planned for tomorrow, but as things stand now the choice for the weekend is basically Kagura, GALA Yuzawa, Naeba and Muikamachi Hakkaisan. Kagura Mitsumata is easily offering the widest area but note that the connecting courses between Kagura and Tashiro will not yet be open. We'll scan through all the information again tomorrow morning and report any further news. Everyone would be very much helped if there were more snow tonight, that's for sure! --- Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date): Currently part open: Kagura The main Kagura course area is open. The Mitsumata area is currently being used as a connection to get to the open Kagura area. Operating lifts are Mitsumata Ropeway, Mitsumata Number 1 lift, Mitsumata Number 3 lift, Kagura Gondola, Kagura Number 1 high speed quad and Kagura Number 1 romance lift (on Saturdays and holidays during this period). All but the latter two are used to get to the snow. The Kagura Gondola needs to be taken to return back to the Mitsumata area. Naeba A few lower area courses area open. From tomorrow: GALA Yuzawa Muikamachi Hakkaisan On standby to open as soon as there is enough snow: Ipponsugi Ishiuchi Maruyama Iwappara Joetsu Kokusai Kagura (Tashiro) Kandatsu Kogen Ludens Yuzawa Maiko Snow Resort Muikamachi Ski Resort Nakazato Snow Wood NASPA Ski Garden Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Kogen Thursday 24th December: chateau-shiozawa Friday 25th December: Hakkaisanroku Saturday 26th December: Itsukamachi Ishiuchi Hanaoka Mt Granview Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 18th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 15cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 15cm 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. 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Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 0cm Posted on Friday 11th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . It's not good news this morning. Heavy rain at times overnight and heavy rain is expected on and off during the day today. And with some forecasts having temperatures rising as high as a mind-boggling 20 degrees today, there's obviously no chance of snow even higher up. As of 8am it's already above 10 degrees and indeed has been around that through the night. Something wrong with that! You can see on the Kagura webcam the damage that rain has obviously done up there compared with yesterday. Perhaps it's just best we get this abnormal weather out of the way once and for all so that winter can move in. Thankfully it should be dropping back down tomorrow somewhat with sunshine and clearer skies forecast. But what's that on the week forecast for around mid-week next week? The first snowfall down to town level maybe? Onegai shimasu! For the moment though we are going to have to continue holding tight. Naeba planning on getting their artificial snow lower course area open from tomorrow. Planned opening dates for resorts in Yuzawa Town and Minamiuonuma City (by date): Currently part open: The main Kagura course - 1500m in length, real snow (and artificial) - is open. The Mitsumata (snow-mat) area is currently being used as a connection to get to the open Kagura area. Operating lifts are Mitsumata Ropeway, Mitsumata Number 1 lift, Mitsumata Number 3 lift, Kagura Gondola and the Kagura Number 1 high speed quad. The Kagura Gondola needs to be taken to return back to the Mitsumata area. Saturday 12th December: Naeba On standby to open as soon as there is enough snow: Iwappara Joetsu Kokusai Kagura (Tashiro) Maiko Snow Resort Friday 18th December: Ishiuchi Maruyama Muikamachi Ski Resort Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Park Saturday 19th December: GALA Yuzawa Ipponsugi Kandatsu Kogen Ludens Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Wood Muimamachi Hakkaisan NASPA Ski Garden Yuzawa Kogen Thursday 24th December: Chateaux Shiozawa Friday 25th December: Hakkaisanroku Saturday 26th December: Itsukamachi Ishiuchi Hanaoka Mt Granview Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 11th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 0cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 0 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 0cm November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 0cm 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 19cm Posted on Friday 25th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here . Happy Christmas! ...and hopefully it will be by the end of the day. Rain falling overnight and it is raining this morning and remaining mild. We were kind of expecting this rain though, so there's no need to overly worry just yet. It should be getting colder later on today with snow due to be falling sometime this afternoon. (Kagura say it is already snowing higher up there this morning and sleet being reported by Naeba early on). There's huge debate as to how much snow we'll actually going to get over the next few days. Everyone is of course hoping for lots. The forecasts seems to agree snow later today and overnight, some on and off tomorrow and all day through Sunday - with Sunday due to be the coldest and most winter-like of the lot. We're here now though so we are going to find out soon enough. Snow Gods, onegai shimasu! --- Resorts that are now at least part open (Friday 25th December 2015) - subject to change: Kagura Almost all of Kagura is now open. Both Ropeways (Mitsumata and Tashiro) are open and you can ski or snowboard from one to the other. The only areas now closed at Kagura are the very top pair lift, one of the main Mitsumata slopes and the Mitsumata downhill course back to base. Naeba Lower Number 4 and 5 courses are open (with the help of artificial snow) and the upper Takenokodaira course is open (100% natural snow). GALA Yuzawa GALA Yuzawa is part open - the Melody and part of the Entertainment courses in the main Central Area are open. Muikamachi Hakkaisan The Technical course and Rakuraku A courses open with just two pair lifts operating (one to get to the open area). Resorts on standby to open as soon as there is enough snow to open: Chateau Shiozawa Hakkaisanroku Ipponsugi Ishiuchi Maruyama Iwappara Kagura (Tashiro) Kandatsu Kogen Ludens Yuzawa Muikamachi Ski Resort Nakazato Snow Wood NASPA Ski Garden Yuzawa Nakazato Yuzawa Park Yuzawa Kogen Planning to open on Saturday 26th December: Itsukamachi Ishiuchi Hanaoka Mt Granview Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season Data as of Friday 25th December 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 19cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (18th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 19cm 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. 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