Zao Now: Wednesday 6th January 2021
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 196cm
Posted on Wednesday 6th January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao.
It really started to snow from mid-afternoon yesterday, even covering some tracks making the Omori amazing. After grooming, more snow fell but not deep, however, what a feel.
A stupendous morning with those promised blue skies. See the images below. Must get back to it...
All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:
- Karamatsu pair
- Paradise Number 3 pair
All areas open apart from:
- Kotan
Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):
- Summit area: 90cm
- Paradise area: 100cm
- Chuo area: 120cm
- Utopia area: 115cm
- Uwanodai area: 90cm
- Omori area: 90cm
- Kurohime: 115cm
Zao Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Wednesday 6th January 2021 Total snowfall at base 196cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (on 17th December) November 2020 snowfall 0cm December 2020 snowfall 142cm observed on 15 days January 2021 snowfall 54cm observed on 6 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.