Zao Now: Thursday 11th January 2018
- Jan 11, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 6, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 364cm
Posted on Thursday 11th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Light snow falling as I write the report this morning and over 20cm to report as it continues to build up. Renewed conditions should be good again today, though visibility is limited again.
Hopefully more snow through the day today and tonight too.
It is expected to ease off somewhat by tomorrow.
Lifts and course info:
- All lifts operating at time of report apart from Karamatsu pair (closed on weekdays) and Zao Paradise Number 3 lift
- All areas open
Official snow depths:
- Summit area: 135cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 165cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Oomori area: 90cm
Zao Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 11th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 364cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (on 10th January) November 2017 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 193cm observed on 19 days January 2018 snowfall 105cm 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.