Zao Now: Saturday 7th December 2013
- Dec 7, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 14cm
Posted on Saturday 7th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Just a few cm of snow here at base in Zao this morning. It is still snowing though so we can hopefully expect some more during the day. It's -1C at the moment.
The Utopia Number 1 Pair lift joins the Chuo and Zao Paradise pair lifts today opening up a bit more once again, but it remains very limited this weekend as we continue to wait for snowfall.
Official snow depths (7th December 13)
Utopia: 30cm
Chuo: 40cm
Paradise: 30cm
Uwanodai: -cm
Operating lifts (7th December 13)
All Ropeways (Skycable, Zao Chuo Ropeway, Zao Ropeway) operating.
Chuo Number 1 Pair
Zao Paradise Pair lift
Utopia Number 1 Pair lift
Zao Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 7th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 14cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (on 29th November) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 2cm observed on 1 day |
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.