Zao Now: Tuesday 29th January 2019
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 368cm
Posted on Tuesday 29th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
As promised, lots of snow this morning... not far from 20cm of it. But wind is blowing it around and also more than likely going to be messing about with some lifts on the mountain. For those wanting to venture out in this. I think all but a few might decide to take a day off, perhaps take an onsen or something. A contrast to some of the blue skies we enjoyed yesterday and it may well also be a constrast to what we have tomorrow - chance of some sun.
Before that more snow is due to be falling so conditions should be really great once the weather calms down.
Operation info from official sources:
** Wind will surely be affecting operations today ***
- All lifts normally operating apart from the Karamatsu pair and Yokokura Number 2 pair lifts
- All main courses normally open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 120cm
- Paradise area: 160cm
- Chuo area: 160cm
- Utopia area: 160cm
- Uwanodai area: 115cm
- Oomori area: 120cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 29th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 368cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 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 143cm observed on 16 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.