Zao Now: Wednesday 12th December 2012
- Dec 12, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 111cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 3:10pm on Wednesday 12th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Just a bit more snow since yesterday in Zao, but we're not complaining after the last few days. Paradise area now reporting close to a metre of snow. Still not deep but nice snow out there, I can report --- was out there for a few turns myself this morning. It's still snowing as well with poor visibility out on the mountain this afternoon. Really coming down nicely actually.
The snow is still due to ease off soon though and going into the weekend it should be less cold and we might well get to see the sun... much less chance of snowfall.
Today the following lifts are operating around the mountain as previous days:
Zao Ropeway
Chuo Ropeway
Sky Cable
Chuo No1
Utopia No1
Paradise AB
Onsen No1
Yokokura No1
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Data as of Wednesday 12th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 111cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 108cm reported on 9 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.