Zao Now: Thursday 2nd December 2021
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 48cm
Posted on Thursday 2nd December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
We're now into December. Can't make my mind up as the whether to say "already?" or " about time!".
After a couple of days of miserable rain and distinctly warmer, last night saw a fresh 10cms so we're back to whiteness all around at base. My phone got a snow storm warning which seems to contradict the weather forecast which is showing a sunny day tomorrow but with snow (not a lot) into the weekend (but then another warm spell next week (: ). That said, the fog has come down and snowfall is picking up so we'll see.
In the meantime, the Chuo slope is still open with the Utopia slopes only open on the weekend until the hoped-for full opening on the 11th.
Operating ski lifts (planned):
Chuo Number 1 pair
Official snow depth
Summit: 35cm
Paradise: 20cm
Chuo: 30cm
Utopia: 50cm
Uwanodai: 25cm
Zao Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Thursday 2nd December 2021 Total snowfall at base 48cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 27th November) November 2021 snowfall 38cm observed on 3 days December 2021 snowfall 10cm observed on 1 day |
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.