Zao Now: Thursday 29th December 2016
- Dec 29, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 105cm
Posted on Thursday 29th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
For the moment and while we had a bit more since my report, no fresh overnight. It is a calm morning here. Fairly cold, no wind, cloudy with decent visibility.
There should be snow falling later today though and hopefully tomorrow too.
Conditions were much improved on the slopes yesterday though I'm happy to report... we just want more, more, more!
The Light Up operations are planned for tonight but I'm finding it almost impossible to find out if that is going to be happening or not. And I'm looking at all of the official Japanese information too. Hard to believe that they make it so difficult to find out basic stuff like this... /rant!
Update: OK I have found it - apparently, going ahead as planned!
On the subject of nighta by the way - open at Uwanodai (Onsen Number 1 pair lift); closed on the Yokokura area.
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 29th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 105cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (on 17th December) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 94cm 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.