Zao Now: Monday 30th January 2023
- Jan 30, 2023
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 297cm
Posted on Monday 30th January 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
It looks like another bonus day is to hand with sun coming out over the tops and the ridge line clear of cloud and fog.
It should, however, start to snow lightly later in the day but a bit more than yesterday which turned out to be token.
As tomorrow's forecast is for strong winds early on, make the most higher up today.
Otherwise, the slopes are lovely soft groomers and shouldn't be as chopped up so early like yesterday which was a Sunday.
A short moment's silence for those killed or injured in two separate incidents yesterday by avalanche in the Nagano area. They had gone back-country in mountains away from managed resorts. The mountains are beautiful and tempting, but, mountains all the same.
Zao Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Monday 30th January 2023 Total snowfall at base 297cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 24th December) November 2022 snowfall 0cm December 2022 snowfall 162cm observed on 23 days January 2023 snowfall 135cm observed on 23 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.