Zao Now: Thursday 5th January 2017
- Jan 5, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 139cm
Posted on Thursday 5th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao and sorry for the late report today.
It was great to see some proper snowfall yesterday with a decent amount falling both at base and on the slopes. I have measured 25cm since my report yesterday and hopefully we'll be adding to that during the day today too.
Should be very nice snow conditions out there today.
There's not a whole lot of snow forecast through until early in the week. And while we still need and want more snow we should be good for now.
The following lifts are not operating:
Kurohime Number 1 quad
Zao Kokutai pair
Ryuzan pair
Karamatsu pair
Nakamori Number 2 pair
Zao Paradise Number 3 pair
Yokokura Number 2 pair
Omori quad
Official snow depths:
Chuo - 75cm
Utopia - 60cm
Uwanodai - 40cm
Paradise - 70cm
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 5th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 139cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (on 5th January) November 2016 snowfall 11cm observed on 6 days December 2016 snowfall 98cm observed on 16 days January 2017 snowfall 30cm observed on 3 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.