Zao Now: Monday 18th February 2019
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 454cm
Posted on Monday 18th February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There was some decent snowfall over the weekend with around 17cm on the ground since the report on Saturday and some white-out conditions at times once again.
Light snow at times during the day on Monday.
We apologise for the disruption to our normal Zao Now reporting at the moment. Unfortunately this is unavoidable due to some personal circumstances. We are doing what we can to keep things going during this period and hope to get things back to normal soon. Thank you for your patience.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from Karamatsu and Yokokura Number 2.
- All main course areas open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 120cm
- Paradise area: 165cm
- Chuo area: 165cm
- Utopia area: 160cm
- Uwanodai area: 120cm
- Oomori area: 120cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 18th February 2019 Total snowfall at base 454cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 84cm observed on 8 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.