Zao Now: Sunday 7th December 2014
- Dec 7, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 163cm
Posted on Sunday 7th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Another 15cm of new snowfall here in Zao this morning and a temperature of -5 degrees.
Yesterday was that official ceremony held in the snow. Lots of happy faces though with this fine start to the season here.
As far as I can tell this morning the areas of the resort open are the same as yesterday... they're taking it gradually and calmly (not like those of us aching to get out on the whole mountain!)
Cloudy with light snow as I write this, poor visibility on the mountain.
Forecast? Not a whole lot of snow actually from tomorrow and there looks like a good chance of things warming up slightly.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 140cm
Chuo: 90cm
Paradise: 110cm
Uwanodai: 80cm
Operating lifts at time of writing:
Onsen Number 1 pair lift
Mikaeri pair lift
Chuo pair lift
Paradise pair lift
Yokokura Number 1 pair lift
Utopia Number 2 pair lift
All Ropeways/gondolas
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Sunday 7th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 163cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 143cm 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.