Zao Now: Friday 19th April 2024
- Apr 19, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 480cm
Posted on Friday 19th April 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Hello from Zao Onsen.
As the weekend approaches the ski area remains part open. At the moment temperatures are keeping fairly low.
Snow levels themselves on the open runs up at Chuo and Utopia are now quite low.
The ski area hasn't made any comment regarding how long they might be able to continue. They'll just keep going until there's not enough snow left, whenever that is.
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: -cm
Uwanodai area: -cm
Utopia area: 50cm
Chuo area: 70cm
Paradise area: 70cm
Summit area: 75cm
The following lifts remain open:
Zao Ropeway
Zao Chuo Ropeway
Sky Cable
Chuo Number 1 pair (* open until 6th May)
Chuo Number 2 pair (* open until 14th April, but it is still shown as open on official site)
Utopia Number 2 pair (* open until 6th May)
The following runs/courses remain open:
Summit
Chuo
Utopia
Planned ski season closing date:
Monday 6th May - subject to change!
Zao Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Friday 19th April 2024 Total snowfall at base 480cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 25th January) November 2023 snowfall 32cm observed on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 66cm observed on 14 days January 2024 snowfall 176cm observed on 19 days February 2024 snowfall 92cm observed on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 114cm observed on 15 days April 2024 snowfall 0cm |
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.