Zao Now: Wednesday 25th January 2023
- Jan 25, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 245cm
Posted on Wednesday 25th January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It really blew last night along with a good new covering refreshing all tracks.
Viz comes and goes so be wary of coming across snow drifts or sudden deep powder.
Wind is pretty strong from mid level up and, as anticipated, the Sky Cable, Zao Ropeway 2nd stage and Kurohime Quad are not running
The Chuo bowl main run has thick powder but hard to see. Strong wind on the lifts as well. It's a choice of thicker powder higher up but can't see too well or be lower down. It is also noticeably colder higher up.
Omori would be a good place to be with the Hyakuman being in fog and wind. Similarly, Sunrise is nice as is higher Uwanodai.
Note that the Shinkansen from Yamagata is not running probably due to snow drifts.
It will snow for the rest of the day providing another decent layer and through tomorrow when the wind should drop so hopefully better conditions.
Zao Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Wednesday 25th January 2023 Total snowfall at base 245cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 24th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 162cm observed on 23 days January 2023 snowfall 83cm 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.