Zao Now: Wednesday 13th February 2019
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 425cm
Posted on Wednesday 13th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Another 10+cm of fresh on the ground and another extremely cold morning with snow likely during the day.
The cold conditions are set to continue for a while yet; perhaps some milder conditions early next week.
PS: I am still battling a few circumstances that might make my reports a bit irregular timing-wise - and I apologise for that.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from Karamatsu and Yokokura Number 2
- All main courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 120cm
- Paradise area: 160cm
- Chuo area: 160cm
- Utopia area: 150cm
- Uwanodai area: 120cm
- Oomori area: 120cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 13th February 2019 Total snowfall at base 425cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 55cm observed on 6 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.