Zao Now: Tuesday 20th December 2022
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 84cm
Posted on Tuesday 20th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's still snowing. Not a huge amount of snow since yesterday but it is gradually building up.
Probably not much due over the next few days and some milder temps forecast too. But back to cold and snow from around Friday and Saturday... might have to watch out for the wind too.
Lifts:
- Mikaeri pair
- Chuo Number 1 pair
- Chuo Number 2 pair
- Diamond Number 2 pair
- Utopia Number 1 pair
- Kurohime Number 1 quad
- Onsen Number 1 pair
- Onsen Number 2 quad
- Sunrise pair
- Nakamori Number 1 triple
- Yokokura Number 1 pair
- Zao Ropeway
- Zao Chuo Ropeway
- Sky Cable
Courses:
- Large sections of the ski area are now at least part open with most areas available
- Still unavailable: Paradise, Shobunuma, Omori
Official snow depth:
- Summit: 75cm
- Paradise: 60cm
- Chuo: 60cm
- Utopia: 90cm
- Uwanodai: 50cm
- Yokokura: 50cm
Zao Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Tuesday 20th December 2022 Total snowfall at base 84cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (on 8th and 16th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 84cm observed on 15 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.