Zao Now: Monday 10th December 2012
- Dec 10, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 86cm
Weather overview Cloud and snow
Wind
Slight
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 11:29am on Monday 10th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
I have another 20cm or so of snow to report this morning as this very pleasant snow storm continues to deliver the goods. It's a cold morning and snow is continuing to fall. Not much of a wind at all actually, but poor visibility on all but the lower slopes of the mountain.
It looks like the snow clouds should begin easing off today and we might be in for some milder days later on in the week as well.
Today the following lifts are operating around the mountain:
Zao Ropeway
Chuo Ropeway
Sky Cable
Chuo No1
Utopia No1
Paradise AB
Onsen No1
Yokokura No1
The resort plans to have almost all of the mountain open from this coming Saturday, 15th December.
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 10th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 86cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 83cm reported on 7 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Zao Onsen. 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.