Zao Now: Thursday 21st January 2016
- Jan 21, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 280cm
Posted on Thursday 21st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao where there's 8cm of new snowfall since my last report.
There appears to be less wind today and it is just cloudy. The resort is open as normal. All is good.
The forecast has us down for light snow today and tomorrow, perhaps some clearer periods, and then colder still conditions and moderate to heavy snowfall around Sunday. So if you are planning for the weekend, Saturday might be the better choice. Or not, if you like the stormy conditions. The risk is that if it's windy there may be disruptions to the lift operations.
Over at the Ski Jump later on today there will be over 50 ladies competing. Always fun to watch. The competition starts at 5:30pm.
All planned lifts operating (Karamatsu pair lift is weekend-only)
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 110cm
Chuo: 130cm
Paradise: 130cm
Uwanodai: 95cm
Zao Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st January 2016 Total snowfall at base 280cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 19th January) November 2015 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 days December 2015 snowfall 96cm observed on 12 days January 2016 snowfall 162cm observed on 17 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.