Zao Now: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 110cm
Posted on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Horror story in the valley last night - it was raining!
Fortunately we're high enough for it to have been snow. Big fluffy stuff but perhaps too light as it compacted down to 3cm at base.
Foggy again today but not pea soup, however no long views at the top. Light snow forecasted today later on and sunny patches for Christmas Eve.
NB. Some lifts are getting a while in starting up, so if you're an early bird, don't be surprised if not yet running despite what the board says.
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- Onsen Number 3
- Onsen Number 4 quad
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
- Paradise Number 3 pair
- Shobunuma Number 2 pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
- Sunrise pair
All areas open apart from:
- Ryuzan
- Kotan
- Shobunuma
Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):
- Summit area: 85cm
- Paradise area: 80cm
- Chuo area: 100cm
- Utopia area: 90cm
- Uwanodai area: 70cm
- Omori area: 65cm
- Kurohime: 90cm
Floodlit night skiing:
Uwanodai area:
- 26th December 2020 until 6th March 2021 (daily)
- 13th, 19th, 20th March 2021
Yokokura area:
- 26th December 2020 until 3rd January 2021 (daily)
- 8th January until 6th March 2021 (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays)
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 23rd December 2020 Total snowfall at base 110cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (on 17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 110cm 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.