Zao Now: Saturday 27th February 2021
- Feb 27, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 378cm
Posted on Saturday 27th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It's mist land with very light snow falling but this should peter out during the day for a bright moon night. It is jolly cold though and I'm looking forward to the blue skies and relatively big rise in temperatures promised for tomorrow.
Only a small amount of snow overnight so again, not much change in slope conditions. It looks like it is going to be a while before we get back any meaningful amount of new snow. I'm being optimistic about this as I am getting fed-up with the hard-packed and icy quality of the slopes. Please may March be a good month!
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- Paradise Number 3 pair
- Kokutai pair [finished season]
- Karamatsu pair [finished season]
All areas open apart from:
- Kotan
Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):
- Summit area: 150cm
- Paradise area: 170cm
- Chuo area: 170cm
- Utopia area: 180cm
- Uwanodai area: 135cm
- Omori area: 100cm
- Kurohime: 180cm
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Saturday 27th February 2021 Total snowfall at base 378cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 90cm 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.