Zao Now: Thursday 5th March 2015
- Mar 5, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 626cm
Posted on Thursday 5th March 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
Another day of poor visibility in store it looks like especially on the higher areas of the mountain.
Some new snow this morning and I would expect 10cm or so up there.
Cloudy, colder, and no wind to talk of. Snow might fall today but we don't expect much.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 235cm
Chuo: 210cm
Paradise: 215cm
Uwanodai: 155cm
Zao Onsen is open as planned (* note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays).
Night skiing operations at Zao this season
Uwanodai area:
Daily until 22nd March
Yokokura area:
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from until 15th March
Open times from 5pm until 9pm.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 5th March 2015 Total snowfall at base 626cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm observed on 15 days February 2015 snowfall 181cm observed on 15 days March 2015 snowfall 26cm 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.