Zao Now: Wednesday 27th March 2024
- Mar 27, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 480cm
Posted on Wednesday 27th March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Very good news. Snow continued yesterday, heavy at times, with around 12cm by 4pm. There's some more by this morning which indicates that there might be 20cm or more in higher areas. That is very nice late March present.
It was clearer earlier on this morning but quite a lot of cloud now at the time of report.
It will probably be milder over the coming days.
Ski area operations:
Most lifts and runs are still open.
Night skiing has now finished for the season.
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 60cm
Uwanodai area: 80cm
Utopia area: 180cm
Chuo area: 180cm
Paradise area: 180cm
Summit area: 165cm
The following ski lifts are now closed for the season:
Onsen Number 2 quad
Onsen Number 3 parallel AB
Ryuzan pair
Sunrise pair
Nakamori Number 2 pair
Nakamori Number 1 triple
Zao Kokutai pair
Zao Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Wednesday 27th March 2024 Total snowfall at base 480cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 25th January) November 2023 snowfall 32cm observed on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 66cm observed on 14 days January 2024 snowfall 176cm observed on 19 days February 2024 snowfall 92cm observed on 13 days March 2024 snowfall 114cm observed on 15 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.