Zao Now: Monday 21st January 2019
- Jan 21, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 313cm
Posted on Monday 21st January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Brrrrr, it really does feel very cold outside this morning.
The week is looking promising for regular and sometimes heavy snowfall. We might well have to put up with some strong winds though... and the top Zao Ropeway section will likely be affected during the day.
Fresh snowfall is always good. Zao never is prone to report big snow depth numbers (even when they surely could - always seems to be on the conservative side), but we could still do with a week or so of prolonged and steady snow delivery.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from Karamatsu pair and Yokokura Number 2 pair
- All main courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 110cm
- Paradise area: 140cm
- Chuo area: 140cm
- Utopia area: 125cm
- Uwanodai area: 100cm
- Oomori area: 110cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 21st January 2019 Total snowfall at base 313cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 88cm observed on 11 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.