Zao Now: Wednesday 24th February 2021
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 375cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
A token amount of snow last night but enough to make the roof-tops and trees look like the traditional winter resort.
Rather difficult to predict what the day will bring as it started off with sunny spells but the fog and mist has now come so probably on and off during the day, including the very light snow falling currently. There are winds about, but again, on and off lower down. Higher up they will be quite strong and indeed the Zao Ropeway 2nd stage is not open today. I understand that this is a combination of strong winds along with the ice build-up they have caused.
Ground-wise, it will not be much better than yesterday albeit the token snow helps but may also be a curse as it hides the ice underneath.
It is also cold (about -9C at base) and, with the wind chill, cover up those exposed areas.
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- Kokutai pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Paradise Number 3 pair
All areas open apart from:
- Ryuzan
- Kotan
Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):
- Summit area: 150cm
- Paradise area: 180cm
- Chuo area: 180cm
- Utopia area: 180cm
- Uwanodai area: 135cm
- Omori area: 100cm
- Kurohime: 180cm
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th February 2021 Total snowfall at base 375cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (on 30th January) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 142cm observed on 15 days January 2021 snowfall 146cm observed on 20 days February 2021 snowfall 87cm 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.