Zao Now: Friday 10th March 2017
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 469cm
Posted on Friday 10th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Can't see much of anything outside at the moment as we seem to be completely covered in cloud.
Care needed, be sure you know where you are going this morning.
There's a chance of a bit more snow today but the skies should be clearer over the weekend - and more snow back on the forecast for later Monday into Tuesday and more later in the week so regular top-ups looking likely.
All lifts apart from the following appear to be operating this morning:
Paradise Number 3 pair
Diamond Number 1 pair
Karamatsu pair (closed now for the season)
All courses apart from Kotan should be open.
Official snow depths (as published by the resort itself):
Summit - 150cm
Paradise - 220cm
Chuo - 220cm
Utopia - 180cm
Uwanodai - 130cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 10th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 469cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 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 105cm observed on 14 days March 2017 snowfall 14cm observed on 4 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.