Zao Now: Saturday 15th January 2022
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 7, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 346cm
Posted on Saturday 15th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning and it certainly started off that way with the peaks set against a clear sky. An encouraging start. However, cloud has now come down over the peaks but it is sunny lower down. Basically cloudy with sunny spells today I imagine.
With the snow having stopped, visibility is therefore improved upon but still variable in areas along with wind. A big improvement nevertheless over the past number of days and weekenders will enjoy the good amount of snow which has been steadily increased.
Official snow depth at Utopia hitting 200cm at last!
Official snow depth
Summit: 100cm
Paradise: 170cm
Chuo: 170cm
Utopia: 200cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
All areas are open.
Zao Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Saturday 15th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 346cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 27th and 28th December) November 2021 snowfall 38cm observed on 3 days December 2021 snowfall 160cm observed on 14 days January 2022 snowfall 148cm observed on 13 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.