Zao Now: Thursday 8th January 2015
- Jan 8, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 372cm
Posted on Thursday 8th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
There was lots of fresh snow out on the mountain yesterday, and it was being blown about by some sometimes very strong winds. Not the most 'friendly' of conditions.
I have logged in 20cm as the new snow for the day which includes the few cm overnight as well as what we got yesterday - though difficult to pinpoint a number with all that wind.
Not as windy this morning though there's still a wind with us.
Cold conditions, moderate wind and snow showers seems to be what is forecast for the coming few days.
From today, and every Thursday until 26th March, some of us can take advangage of a special 'Ladies Day' 1 day ticket at the reduced cost of 3500 yen. You need to be a lady though - sorry guys!
Official snow depths:
Utopia: 175cm
Chuo: 200cm
Paradise: 180cm
Uwanodai: 135cm
Zao Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Thursday 8th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 372cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 71cm observed on 7 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.