Zao Now: Wednesday 16th February 2022
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 492cm
Posted on Wednesday 16th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
The snow gradually picked up pace late yesterday afternoon resulting in a lovely new, welcome layer this morning after a bit of a drought.
It should be a bright day with cloud patches and the clear part is slowly rolling in. There is currently fog higher up and hopefully this will go.
A good day to be out.
Official snow depth
Summit: 165cm
Paradise: 210cm
Chuo: 210cm
Utopia: 235cm
Uwanodai: 160cm
All areas and lifts should be opening as scheduled.
Zao Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Wednesday 16th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 492cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 227cm observed on 26 days February 2022 snowfall 67cm observed on 11 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.