Zao Now: Friday 10th February 2017
- Feb 10, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 406cm
Posted on Friday 10th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A few cm of snow on the ground this morning.
It doesn't seem as cold this morning (though still just under zero here are base) and while it was just cloudy earlier the snow is back now.
Regular snowfall still on the forecast for the weekend, along with some moderate winds at times. It's going to keep cold and with any wind probably feel colder than the headline numbers, so if you are coming for the weekend come prepared for mid-season snowy conditions.
All lifts apart from the following appear to be operating today:
Paradise Number 3 pair
Karamatsu pair
All courses apart from Kotan are open.
Official snow depths (as published by the resort itself):
Summit - 125cm
Paradise - 210cm
Chuo - 210cm
Utopia - 160cm
Uwanodai - 125cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 10th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 406cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 241cm observed on 16 days February 2017 snowfall 56cm observed 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.