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Zao Now: Thursday 28th December 2017

  • Dec 28, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata


New snowfall at base 32cm
Snowfall at base this season 224cm

Posted on Thursday 28th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.


Lots of fresh snow on the ground this morning. Great scenes of locals struggling to cope with it and happy skiers out to hit the slopes.


Continued snow is expected into tomorrow as well, so we should be getting more built up.


Pretty much all of the resort now open and with this snow we should be soon at the 'all open' status.



Zao Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Thursday 28th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 224cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (on 25th November and 28th December) November 2017 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 days December 2017 snowfall 158cm observed on 17 days




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