Zao Now: Wednesday 7th January 2015
- Jan 7, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 352cm
Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Quite wild conditions this morning in Zao.
Strong winds, snow, fog, very cold, poor visibility. I think the onsen might be a bit more crowded than usual this morning!
Just a few cm of snow so far but it's blowing about so maybe more has fallen and surely more during the day today if this continues.
Conditions may improve come tomorrow but looks like it'll be windy to some extent through the week.
Too early for the resort to update their report this morning but there's a chance of lifts being disrupted due to the conditions.
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 175cm
Chuo: 200cm
Paradise: 180cm
Uwanodai: 130cm
Zao Onsen is fully open (though note that the Karamatsu pair lift is closed on weekdays). Weather conditions may affect lifts.
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 352cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 3rd December) November 2014 snowfall 20cm observed on 2 days December 2014 snowfall 281cm observed on 21 days January 2015 snowfall 51cm 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.