Zao Now: Sunday 22nd January 2017
- Jan 22, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 297cm
Posted on Sunday 22nd January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There was 15cm of fresh snow to report at the measuring point yesterday morning - and please note that this is the snowfall amount that has been added to this report, no further this morning...
Today started off with fine conditions but more cloud has been moving in as the morning progressed -- and it is now snowing.
The snow clouds should be delivering us fresh snow over the next few days. Bring it on!
The following lifts are not operating:
Paradise Number 3 pair
All courses are open
Official snow depths:
Chuo - 150cm
Utopia - 130cm
Uwanodai - 95cm
Paradise - 150cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Sunday 22nd January 2017 Total snowfall at base 297cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 188cm observed on 12 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.