Zao Now: Monday 7th January 2019
- Jan 7, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 240cm
Posted on Monday 7th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Zao Onsen.
A nice 10+cm of fresh snow on the ground with continued limited visibility on the mountain this morning. We're not getting much clear sky weather this season so far! (As long as it is snowing when visibility is poor!)
More snow is on the way tomorrow especially but beyond that we can perhaps look forward to some clearer skies towards the end of the week.
Operation info from official sources:
- All lifts operating apart from the Karamatsu pair and Yokokura Number 2 pair lifts
- All courses open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 95cm
- Paradise area: 130cm
- Chuo area: 130cm
- Utopia area: 90cm
- Uwanodai area: 80cm
- Oomori area: 90cm
Zao Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 7th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 240cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 43cm (on 29th December) November 2018 snowfall 7cm observed on 3 days December 2018 snowfall 218cm observed on 18 days January 2019 snowfall 15cm observed on 3 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.