Zao Now: Saturday 14th February 2015
- Feb 14, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 22cm
Snowfall at base this season 510cm
Posted on Saturday 14th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good new amount of fresh snow on the ground this morning in Zao and it's another whiteout morning on the mountain. Lots of cloud around and snow still falling. Cold too. And windy too... need to keep an eye on the lift status today if it gets windier.
So mid-winter peak season kind of conditions. Snow should be less come tomorrow and then calmer into early week.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 235cm
Chuo: 205cm
Paradise: 210cm
Uwanodai: 155cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Night skiing operations at Zao this season
Uwanodai area:
Daily until 22nd March
Yokokura area:
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from until 15th March
Open times from 5pm until 9pm.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 510cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 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 91cm observed on 8 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.