Zao Now: Thursday 21st March 2024
- Mar 21, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 461cm
Posted on Thursday 21st March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning.
Yesterday around 4pm it started to snow quite heavily and this morning as a result there's a little over 8cm of new snow down at base.
A bit of fog up the top, but all areas can be seen ok.
Not much snow lined up over the coming week with some milder temperatures expected.
Ski area operations:
Most lifts and runs are still open
Night skiing has now finished for the season
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 70cm
Uwanodai area: 85cm
Utopia area: 175cm
Chuo area: 185cm
Paradise area: 185cm
Summit area: 160cm
Zao Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st March 2024 Total snowfall at base 461cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 25th January) November 2023 snowfall 32cm observed on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 66cm observed on 14 days January 2024 snowfall 176cm observed on 19 days February 2024 snowfall 92cm observed on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 95cm observed on 13 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.