Zao Now: Friday 7th February 2025
- Feb 7, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 451cm
Posted on Friday 7th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Zao.
Overnight was have had another good dump of snow. We had 24 cm of freshies.
It is still snowing moderately and we still expect snow through the weekend.
As has been the case we will need to keep an eye on wind which may affect operations.
Official snow depth (reported by ski area):
Yokokura area: 100cm
Uwanodai area: 140cm
Utopia area: 255cm
Chuo area: 200cm
Paradise area: 200cm
Summit area: 230cm
Night skiing:
Night skiing is planned in the Uwanodai area daily until 24th February (and then 1st/2nd March).
Zao Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 7th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 451cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (on 6th February) November 2024 snowfall 18cm observed on 4 days December 2024 snowfall 162cm observed on 20 days January 2025 snowfall 191cm observed on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 80cm observed on 5 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.