Zao Now: Monday 16th March 2020
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 290cm
Posted on Monday 16th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Hello.
It is snowing this morning and we have a fresh thin layer of snow on the ground.
Windy conditions are expected.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 70cm
- Paradise area: 75cm
- Chuo area: 85cm
- Utopia area: 75cm
- Uwanodai area: 40cm
- Oomori area: 20cm
- Kotan, Nakamori, Ryuzan and Karamatsu slopes are closed
- Some other course areas are only part open
Lifts on hold this morning at time of report (subject to change):
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
The following lifts are now closed for the season:
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Onsen Number 3 Parallel A B
- Zao Kokutai
- Karamatsu pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Monday 16th March 2020 Total snowfall at base 290cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 123cm observed on 15 days March 2020 snowfall 20cm observed on 4 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.