Zao Now: Friday 20th March 2020
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 313cm
Posted on Friday 20th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
After that fine weather and real warmth yesterday, it's back to somewhat colder conditions and a bit of snow. All over the place!
It is windy too and a number of lifts are on hold this morning so it is somewhat limited at the moment.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 75cm
- Paradise area: 85cm
- Chuo area: 95cm
- Utopia area: 90cm
- Uwanodai area: 40cm
- Oomori area: 20cm
- Kotan, Nakamori, Ryuzan and Karamatsu slopes are closed
- Some other course areas are only part open
The following lifts are now closed for the season:
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Onsen Number 3 Parallel A B
- Zao Kokutai
- Karamatsu pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Friday 20th March 2020 Total snowfall at base 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 123cm observed on 15 days March 2020 snowfall 43cm observed on 7 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.