Zao Now: Tuesday 28th March 2017
- Mar 28, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 520cm
Posted on Tuesday 28th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
Some very nice conditions out on the mountain yesterday with the fresh snow and there's another 4cm to add to that this morning.
Any more snow to come? Not much to see on the forecast for the coming week with more chance of clearer skies than snow, and the chance of a bit of rain here and there too. I'm looking at a few forecasts and they are saying different things, so looks like it's difficult to read and we can maybe expect changeable conditions.
Anyway today should be good too.
Spring holidays for schools generally now and so more families around than you would normally see on weekdays.
Planned closing dates for lifts at Zao Onsen - subject to change due to snow conditions:
Operating daily until Friday 31st March:
- Oomori quad
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
- Astraea Number 1 pair
- Astraea Number 2 pair
- Astraea Number 3 pair
Operating daily until Sunday 2nd April:
- Nakamori Number 1 triple
- Onsen Number 1 pair
- Onsen Number 2 quad
Operating until Sunday 9th April:
- Mikaeri pair
- Shobunuma Number 2 pair (holidays only after 2nd April)
Operating until Sunday 16th April:
- Katakai triple (holidays only after 2nd April)
- Paradise pair AB (holidays only after 2nd April)
Operating until Sunday 7th May:
- Chuo Number 1 pair AB
- Chuo Number 2 pair AB (holidays only after 16th April)
- Utopia Number 2 pair
No fixed closing date:
- Yokokura Number 1 pair AB
- Kurohime Number 1 quad
Open all year (* for sightseeing):
- Sky Cable
- Chuo Ropeway
- Zao Ropeway
Official snow depths (as published by the resort):
Summit - 155cm
Paradise - 240cm
Chuo - 240cm
Utopia - 200cm
Uwanodai - 130cm
Yokokura - 135cm
Lifts that are already closed for the season:
- Paradise Number 3 pair
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Zao Kokutai pair
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Onsen Number 3 Parallel AB
- Onsen Number 4 quad
- Sunrise pair AB
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
- Diamond Number 2 pair
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 28th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 520cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 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 March 2017 snowfall 65cm observed on 13 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.