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Zao Now: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

  • Mar 22, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata


New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 494cm

Posted on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


Morning from Zao.


Just a bit of snow to report from here at village base, hopefully a bit more higher up, and a cloudy start to the day. That is what the forecast is for the day, with the chance of some more snowfall tomorrow.


Current temperature at base is 0C; up top it is -7C.


Lift info:


Closed for the season:

- Paradise Number 3 pair

- Diamond Number 1 pair

- Zao Kokutai pair

- Ryuzen pair

- Karamatsu pair


Course info:


Closed for the season:

- Kotan


Official snow depths (as published by the resort itself):

Summit - 150cm

Paradise - 240cm

Chuo - 240cm

Utopia - 190cm

Uwanodai - 130cm

Yokokura - 130cm



Zao Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Wednesday 22nd March 2017 Total snowfall at base 494cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 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 241cm observed on 16 days February 2017 snowfall 105cm observed on 14 days March 2017 snowfall 39cm observed on 8 days




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