Zao Now: Sunday 15th December 2013
- Dec 15, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 120cm
Posted on Sunday 15th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Snow!
Yes the snow is continuing to fall here and there's another 20cm of it outside my place this morning, and perhaps a few more since then. Very cold again and mid winter like, though perhaps the snow is less peak season and more December like in that it's not top quality dry powder like we get a bit later on. Still, great snow conditions, lots of it and nothing to complain about. The last few days has been very good to Zao.
More of the resort open again today with one of the Kurohime quads moving as well as the Yokokura and Astraea lifts
Clearer conditions perhaps tomorrow and Tuesday. More snow mid to late week.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 120cm
Chuo: 90cm
Paradise: 95cm
Uwanodai: 45cm
Operating lifts:
Ropeways and Gondolas
Onsen Number 1 pair
Onsen Number 2 quad
Onsen Number 3 parallel
Miaeri pair
Chuo Number 1 pair
Chuo Number 2 pair
Katakai triple
Diamond Number 2
Zao Paradise Pair
Shobunuma Number 1 triple / 2 pair
Yokokura Number 1 pair
Astraea Number 1 pair
Astraea Number 2 pair
Utopia Number 1 pair
Kurohime Number 1 quad
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 120cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 12th December) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 108cm 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.