Zao Now: Friday 13th March 2015
- Mar 13, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 683cm
Posted on Friday 13th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There's less wind this morning and the resort looks like it's all back to open as normal.
Winter is still here with another 15+cm of snow since yesterday.
The coming weekend should be great.
Spring is due back next week.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 275cm
Chuo: 230cm
Paradise: 225cm
Uwanodai: 170cm
Zao Onsen is generally open as planned (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 13th March 2015 Total snowfall at base 683cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 181cm observed on 15 days March 2015 snowfall 83cm observed on 7 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.