Zao Now: Friday 3rd February 2017
- Feb 3, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 21cm
Snowfall at base this season 373cm
Posted on Friday 3rd February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Mixed conditions today by the looks with snow falling in places and somewhat clearer in others and fast moving clouds moving overhead; fairly windy in places.
Tomorrow should be calmer and milder with the chance of some sunshine.
All lifts apart from the following appear to be operating today:
Paradise Number 3 pair
Karamatsu pair
All courses apart from Kotan are open.
Official snow depths (as published by the resort itself):
Summit - 120cm
Paradise - 210cm
Chuo - 210cm
Utopia - 160cm
Uwanodai - 120cm
Yokokura - 130cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 3rd February 2017 Total snowfall at base 373cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 39cm (on 16th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 241cm observed on 16 days February 2017 snowfall 23cm 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.