Zao Now: Saturday 30th March 2019
- Mar 30, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 527cm
Posted on Saturday 30th March 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning.
It is a cloudy morning but there is 2cm of fresh snow on the ground and there is a chance of some more to come.
It is the last day of the season tomorrow for a bunch of lifts here at Zao, as noted below.
Next report early in the week.
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 110cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 165cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Oomori area: 75cm
Courses:
All course areas at least part open apart from:
- Kotan
- Ryuzan
- Karamatsu
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 30th March 2019 Total snowfall at base 527cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 145cm observed on 17 days February 2019 snowfall 91cm observed on 10 days March 2019 snowfall 66cm observed on 5 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.