Zao Now: Thursday 14th March 2019
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 498cm
Posted on Thursday 14th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Lots of fresh snow this morning, right down to base. I am hearing from a friend who works for the resort that there is up to 40+cm in windblown areas this morning. And there is a good 20cm of fresh snow down at base too.
Windy too with limited visibility this morning and so extra care needed. Lifts appear to be moving as normal though.
Tomorrow clearer skies are forecast... should be a great day.
Operation info from official sources:
- All main course areas open apart from Karamatsu (Karamatsu lift now closed for the season)
- All other lifts operating as planned (Yokokura Number 2 pair rested)
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 105cm
- Paradise area: 160cm
- Chuo area: 160cm
- Utopia area: 170cm
- Uwanodai area: 100cm
- Oomori area: 100cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th March 2019 Total snowfall at base 498cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 91cm observed on 10 days March 2019 snowfall 37cm observed on 2 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.