Zao Now: Friday 2nd January 2015
- Jan 2, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 336cm
Posted on Friday 2nd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Up to 5cm of snow again this morning I'd say and while early morning I could see the mountain.... it's covered in cloud again now. Not the best of timing for people coming hoping to take spectacular blue sky photos, that's for sure!
It remains very cold this morning and snow showers likely through into tomorrow.
From Sunday we can look forward to an easing off of the snow and colder conditions and maybe some sunshine.
Please note that unfortunately the Yokokura wall run remains closed for the moment.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 170cm
Chuo: 200cm
Paradise: 170cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Zao Onsen is fully open.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd January 2015 Total snowfall at base 336cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 35cm observed on 2 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.