Zao Now: Thursday 22nd March 2018
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 6, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 749cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning.
It is snowing (with some on the ground) and strong winds are blowing this morning... affecting a number of higher lifts and gondolas.
We may get some more fresh snow by tomorrow morning too. Might it be the last of the season? It may well be - conditions from the weekend are due to calm down and get brighter with sunny skies on the forecast into next week.
Come on let's get some more cm!
Lifts and course info:
Most course areas remain open. Some lifts affected by weather this morning.
The following lifts have now closed for the season:
- Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Zao Kokutai
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
Zao Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 22nd March 2018 Total snowfall at base 749cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 42cm (on 12th February) November 2017 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 193cm observed on 19 days January 2018 snowfall 275cm observed on 21 days February 2018 snowfall 195cm observed on 15 days March 2018 snowfall 20cm observed on 4 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.