Zao Now: Sunday 26th February 2017
- Feb 26, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 455cm
Posted on Sunday 26th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
This morning started off with light snow and cloudy conditions but we're expecting the snow to ease off leaving us with generally cloudy skies for the day.
A few cm of snow to report this morning at base so hopefully there'll be a bit more than that at higher elevations.
No snow on the forecast over the next few days and generally a tendency for clearer skies by the looks of the forecast, with the next snow due later in the upcoming week.
Just a few more days left in February and a week of the night time light-up Ropeway operations.
All lifts apart from the following appear to be operating today:
Paradise Number 3 pair
All courses apart from Kotan should be open.
Official snow depths (as published by the resort itself):
Summit - 145cm
Paradise - 220cm
Chuo - 220cm
Utopia - 175cm
Uwanodai - 130cm
Yokokura - 145cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Sunday 26th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 455cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 241cm observed on 16 days February 2017 snowfall 105cm observed on 14 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.