Zao Now: Thursday 25th December 2014
- Dec 25, 2014
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 3, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 279cm
Posted on Thursday 25th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Just a few more cm of snow to report this morning from Zao where it is snowing on and off at the moment and quite foggy in places. That's basically what the forecast is saying as well for the day today and for tomorrow as well, before the skies clear up by maybe Saturday or more definitely Sunday. We're not seeing that many clear days this month so far, so it will be good to have a run of them when the resort is busy.
Unfortunately, the famous Yokokura-no-kabe steel mogul course is closed due to avalanche danger at the moment. No word on when that will be able to re-open.
Other than that and the Ryuzan area, all of the areas of Zao are now open and enjoying some fine conditions.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 170cm
Chuo: 180cm
Paradise: 170cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
Night skiing operations at Zao this season
Uwanodai area:
Daily until 22nd March
Yokokura area:
From Friday 26th December until 4th January;
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Friday 9th January until 15th March
Open times from 5pm until 9pm.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 279cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 259cm observed on 18 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.