Zao Now: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 297cm
Posted on Wednesday 3rd February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
The light rain yesterday morning did indeed turned to snow around midday. Nice powder on the slopes this morning. Nice bounce but a shame you can still feel the hard underneath in some areas at mid level down.
Vis is about 300-400m at mid levels but foggy patches above that. Low light yellow lenses make a huge difference today.
It does not feel cold, however, there should be winds around later today. It should continue to snow through tomorrow so... enjoy.
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- Ryuzan pair
- Kokutai pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Paradise Number 3 pair
All areas open apart from:
- Ryuzan
- Kotan
Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):
- Summit area: 140cm
- Paradise area: 150cm
- Chuo area: 150cm
- Utopia area: 165cm
- Uwanodai area: 120cm
- Omori area: 105cm
- Kurohime: 165cm
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 3rd February 2021 Total snowfall at base 297cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 24cm (on 30th January) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 142cm observed on 15 days January 2021 snowfall 146cm observed on 20 days February 2021 snowfall 9cm observed on 1 day |
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.