Zao Now: Thursday 13th December 2012
- Dec 13, 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 116cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility
Fair
Posted at 3:40pm on Thursday 13th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It has been a cloudy day here in Zao with light snow falling at times on the mountain, but also sometimes glimpses of the sun from behind the clouds.
We are still seeing the same lifts open (below) and the resort is still planning to have most courses open from this coming Saturday. A few lifts will be opening later but by the 22nd we should have all lifts operating as planned on the mountain.
A slightly milder few days is upcoming and early Saturday we might even see some spots of rain... hopefully snow if the temperatures can keep low.
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
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 13th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 116cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 113cm reported on 10 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.