Zao Now: Sunday 9th December 2012
- Dec 9, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 66cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 11:29am on Sunday 9th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
After the opening ceremony taking place in the snow yesterday, we have more snow to report this morning and more of the mountain open as well. Over 30cm of snow in the village and likely more higher up has really changed things over the last 24 hours in Zao, in a good way of course! It suddenly feels much more like mid-winter.
Today the following lifts are operating around the mountain:
Zao Ropeway
Chuo Ropeway
Sky Cable
Onsen No1
Mikaeri
Chuo No1
Chuo No2
Katakai
Utopia No1
Yokokura No1
Course areas that are part open are as follows:
Chuo
Utopia
Paradise
Yokokura
Uwanodai
All different areas of the mountain and not connected up as yet, so it's a case of deciding which area you want to slide down and stay there for a bit at the moment.
This new snowfall has really made a difference, but it's still not deep out there so areas where it's still thin on the ground and care needed for things still sticking up out of the snow.
Zao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 9th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 66cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 63cm reported 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.