Zao Now: Wednesday 5th December 2012
- Dec 5, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 23cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Fair
Posted at 1:12pm on Wednesday 5th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
My apologies for not updating the page yesterday. But things should be ok from now on.
So yes, Zao is now open. We have the Chuo No1 pair lift operating and that's about it. (The Ropeways are operating but that is for sightseeing and not for skiing or snowboarding).
Chuo is reporting 30cm of snow on the slopes and so as you can see it is all very limited.
Yesterday saw some stormy conditions on the mountain but we got about 10cm or so of fresh in the village so hopefully more than that higher up.
Things are looking good for snow over the next week and come the weekend perhaps the first heavy snowfall of the season. It's going to get very cold and windy with the snow as well - look out for some particularly strong winds tomorrow and over the weekend as well.
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 23cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (2nd and 5th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 20cm reported 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.