Zao Now: Friday 6th January 2017
- Jan 6, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 151cm
Posted on Friday 6th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao and another 12cm of snow to report. I must admit, better than I was expecting (the best kind of surprise!)
More lifts moving now and it looks to me like there's just 3 lifts that are not operating today. So we are getting close to me declaring the place fully open! Hurray!
We're on for a bit of a dry patch though from today if the forecast is right with the next snow due to be around these parts sometime around Tuesday next week.
If it's dry, let's have some sun over the long weekend (Monday is a national holiday) -- just as long as it remains cold...
Time to go out and enjoy this fresh snow. :)
Zao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 6th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 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 42cm observed on 4 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.