Zao Now: Saturday 14th December 2024
- Dec 14, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 88cm
Posted on Saturday 14th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao Onsen.
With some more snow since yesterday it is a mostly cloudy morning as we start this weekend, which is sort of the first proper weekend of the ski season.
Lift operations - as per official site at 8am - are as shown below. Subject to change, of course.
More snow is due this weekend, particularly tomorrow it would seem.
Ski lifts operating (planned):
Ropeways
Onsen Number 1 pair
Onsen Number 2 quad
Mikaeri pair
Chuo Number 1 pair
Chuo Number 2 pair
Katakai triple
Shobunuma Number 2 pair
Ski runs open (planned):
Paradise
Paradise detour
Takatori
Chuo
Renraku
Uwanodai
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 20cm
Uwanodai area: 30cm
Utopia area: 80cm
Chuo area: 40cm
Paradise area: 40cm
Summit area: 60cm
Zao Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 88cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 21cm (on 6th December) November 2024 snowfall 18cm observed on 4 days December 2024 snowfall 70cm observed 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.