Zao Now: Thursday 28th March 2019
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 525cm
Posted on Thursday 28th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
And how about this then - over 15cm of fresh snow on the ground at base and no doubt some more than that higher up. Interesting weather for the end of March. But very welcome of course. And if the forecasts are right, we're not done yet. We might get some sunshine later today and tomorrow but over the weekend more snowfall is due.
I expect it will be heavier than mid winter snow but it should be a fun morning.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 110cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 170cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Oomori area: 75cm
Courses:
All course areas open apart from
- Kotan
- Ryuzan
- Karamatsu
These are the planned lift closing dates - subject to change depending on snow conditions.
Operating until 26th March:
- Onsen Number 3 parallel AB
Operating until 31st March:
- Sunrise pair AB (closed 25th-29th)
- Nakamori Number 1 triple
- Diamond Number 2 pair
- Astraea Number 1 pair
- Astraea Number 2 pair
- Astraea Number 3 pair
- Oomori quad
Operating until 7th April:
- Mikaeri pair
- Onsen Number 1 pair
- Onsen Number 2 quad
- Shobunuma Number 2 pair
Operating until 14th April:
- Katakai triple: daily until 7th April and then 13th, 14th April
- Paradise pair AB: daily until 7th April and then 13th, 14th April
Operating until 6th May:
- Chuo Number 1 pair
- Chuo Number 2 pair: daily until 7th April and then 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th, 29th April, 3rd-6th May
Operating as long as snow allows:
- Yokokura Number 1 pair AB
- Kurohime quad
Operating through the year (for sightseeing):
- Sky Cable
- Chuo Ropeway
- Zao Ropeway
* Other ski lifts already closed
* All dates subject to change depending on snow conditions
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 28th March 2019 Total snowfall at base 525cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 91cm observed on 10 days March 2019 snowfall 64cm observed on 4 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.