Zao Now: Friday 10th January 2025
- Jan 10, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 28cm
Snowfall at base this season 261cm
Posted on Friday 10th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A big day yesterday with lots of wind and a nice delivery of powder snow.
The ski area itself is reporting up to 50cm of fresh snowfall and the official snow depth numbers have seen some large increases today. There are varying amounts around depending on where you look and how wind affected it is.
Today has started overcast, but there are some gaps in the cloudy appearing. Feels like we might get some sun!
Moderate wind but lifts are moving as planned.
Monday is a national holiday. It will be a busy weekend, and there looks set to be some sun forecast, particularly around Sunday and Monday.
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 90cm
Uwanodai area: 80cm
Utopia area: 190cm
Chuo area: 170cm
Paradise area: 190cm
Summit area: 145cm
Lifts & courses:
The ski area is open as planned
Zao Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 10th January 2025 Total snowfall at base 261cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (on 10th January) November 2024 snowfall 18cm observed on 4 days December 2024 snowfall 162cm observed on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 81cm observed on 8 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.