Zao Now: Sunday 8th December 2013
- Dec 8, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 34cm
Posted on Sunday 8th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Now this is better. About 20cm of fresh snow at base in the village here this morning in Zao. Nice and cold as well, with a temperature of about -3 degrees as of 9am. Feels like winter. Still as the snow builds up we are still very limited in lift openings.
The resort traditional opening ceremony went ahead yesterday morning as planned. Local tv cameras were there as well as a few mascots looking suitably cute.
A sort of cloudy morning but looks like it will end up being a fairly clear day.
Official snow depths (8th December 13)
Utopia: 45cm
Chuo: 50cm
Paradise: 40cm
Uwanodai: 20cm
Operating lifts (8th 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 Sunday 8th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 34cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (on 8th December) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 22cm observed on 2 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.