Zao Now: Thursday 17th December 2015
- Dec 17, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 67cm
Posted on Thursday 17th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
2cm of snow on the ground as snow has started falling from the skies this morning.
The clouds are thick with low visibility and hardly any wind. Most importantly, it is snowing... and we are all hoping that it will be snowing most of the time through until Saturday.
Let's see how much we get.
Lifts that are currently operating (subject to change):
- Sky Cable (gondola)
- Zao Chuo Ropeway
- Zao Ropeway
- Chuo Number 1 pair AB
- Utopia Number 2 pair
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 15cm
Chuo: 25cm
Paradise: -cm
Uwanodai: 5cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 17th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 67cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 4th and 5th December) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 45cm 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.