Zao Now: Friday 30th December 2016
- Dec 30, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 108cm
Posted on Friday 30th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Hello from Zao.
I was looking at some of the other early morning reports just before and noticed some pretty impressive snowfalls in Nagano and Niigata.
I must admit I am a bit jealous really, but there you go... just 3cm to report here in Zao! It's cold so the snow is keeping decent but we do need more of it.
It's going to be a busy weekend - be prepared. And I recommend getting up for first lifts too (more so than usual!)
Doesn't look like there's going to be the major snowfall even we would like over new year but let's keep an eye on that forecast.
Further to my frustrations at finding information from official resources. I've got to say that the new official website for the resort to me anyway is a real 'level down' rather than an improvement. It might look nicer than before, but it is just so hard to find good information... info that is important to us skiers and snowboarders. You'd think that a ski resort would be pretty clued in as to the information that is important - how much snow is falling, conditions, exactly what is open etc - so it's difficult to understand why this kind of thing can apparently be overlooked. This is my personal opinion of course (you may disagree; or I may just be looking in the wrong place). Just for the record I am also referring to the official Japanese website, and I can read and speak Japanese pretty decently.
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 30th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 108cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 17cm (on 17th December) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 97cm observed on 15 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.