Zao Now: Wednesday 1st April 2015
- Apr 1, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 703cm
Posted on Wednesday 1st April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Unfortunately April is starting with some rain in Zao and pretty cloudy/foggy conditions as well - limited visibility out there. I won't mention the chance of some snow before tomorrow higher up...
Forecast sun tomorrow but back to rain around the weekend as conditions go back to warming.
Now that we are into April, I will continue to post updates here to this Zao Now page - maybe a few times a week to keep you up with the latest.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 215cm
Chuo: 195cm
Paradise: 200cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Planned lift operating dates and closing dates
Subject to change. This is what the plans are for the lifts that remain operating at Zao Onsen:
Until Sunday 5th April
Onsen Number 1 Pair
Onsen Number 2 Quad
Sunrise Pair AB
Nakamori Number 1 Triple
Mikaeri Pair
Until Sunday 12th April
Yokokura Number 1 Pair AB
Until Sunday 19th April
Kurohime Number 1 Quad
Until Wednesday 6th May
Chuo Number 1 Pair AB
Chuo Number 2 Pair AB
Katakai Triple (every day until 5th April, then holidays and Golden Week)
Paradise Pair AB (every day until 5th April, then holidays and Golden Week)
Utopia Number 2 Pair
Operating through the year (for general tourism outside of snow season)
Sky Cable
Chuo Ropeway
Zao Ropeway
Last day of the snow season currently planned for Wednesday 6th May.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 1st April 2015 Total snowfall at base 703cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 181cm observed on 15 days March 2015 snowfall 103cm observed on 10 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.