Zao Now: Saturday 14th January 2017
- Jan 14, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 224cm
Posted on Saturday 14th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's a cold and snowy morning in Zao.
Feels like it could be one of the coldest of the season, if not the coldest. Wrap up well. And goggles needed too with poor visibility out on the slopes this morning.
Over 10cm of fresh snow on the ground and surely more than that higher up.
The snowy conditions are expected to continue today and through tomorrow too.
Maybe we will get to see some sunshine on Monday.
The following lifts are not operating:
Paradise Number 3 pair
Yokokura Number 2 pair
Official snow depths:
Chuo - 110cm
Utopia - 100cm
Uwanodai - 65cm
Paradise - 100cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 224cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (on 5th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 115cm 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.