Zao Now: Sunday 9th February 2020
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 214cm
Posted on Sunday 9th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
Good morning.
It is another cold day.
We can expect the real cold to start easing off a bit from tomorrow, with a warmer spell forecast from Wednesday onwards... hopefully it won't last too long. We want temperatures to keep low to keep the snow we have in good condition...
All lifts are now normally operating apart from the following:
- Diamond Number 1 pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair
- All courses are now (mostly) open
Official snow depths (as reported by resort):
- Summit area: 90cm
- Paradise area: 100cm
- Chuo area: 110cm
- Utopia area: 110cm
- Uwanodai area: 50cm
- Oomori area: 35cm
Zao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 9th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 214cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (on 7th February) November 2019 snowfall 8cm observed on 3 days December 2019 snowfall 51cm observed on 10 days January 2020 snowfall 88cm observed on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 67cm observed on 5 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.