Zao Now: Sunday 27th December 2020
- Dec 27, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 125cm
Posted on Sunday 27th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There was some new snow during the night but more like adding to the ambience of a rotenburo (outdoor bath) - the slopes are not recording any new depths.
The weather forecast is saying bright spells and that might well be the case during the day as currently it is bright out there with fog/mist coming and going. Snow is lovely and sparkly.
All slopes are open bar the Ryuzan (far left) and adjoining Karamatsu lift from the bottom car park; Kotan slope next to Paradise (so still a sliding walk is needed if coming from the Chuo area).
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- 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: 85cm
- Paradise area: 85cm
- Chuo area: 100cm
- Utopia area: 80cm
- Uwanodai area: 70cm
- Omori area: 60cm
- Kurohime: 85cm
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 Sunday 27th December 2020 Total snowfall at base 125cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (on 17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 125cm 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.