Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 305cm Posted on Wednesday 5th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Coldest day of the season? Might well be. -11 degrees outside my place and I am hearing that up on the top of the resort it has been closing in on -20 degrees! A few cm of light snowfall to report but it is snowing now and we expect more today and tomorrow. Heavy snow likely over the weekend too as well. Strong winds as well though at the time of writing it doesn't seem to be closing lifts as far as I can tell. Official snow depths: Utopia: 245cm Chuo: 195cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 140cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 5th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 305cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 111cm observed on 18 days February 2014 snowfall 3cm observed on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 302cm Posted on Friday 31st January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Strong winds this morning... and lots of the mountain is closed due to those conditions at the moment meaning a bit of congestion on the base lifts open. Though I think that lots of people might write the day off and spend it soaking in an onsen as it's a bit wild at the moment out there. The sun should be shining tomorrow morning, but as in many other regions it's going to warm up for Sunday and there's a chance of rain even up here. Back to winter from Tuesday, according to the forecast. Have a good weekend and Happy Chinese New Year to friends visiting from overseas. Official snow depths: Utopia: 250cm Chuo: 195cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 140cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 31st January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 302cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 111cm observed on 18 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 300cm Posted on Wednesday 29th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . A good new amount of snow to report this morning from here in Zao. 20cm or so I would say, which hopefully means something more than that on the mountain. (Of course, officially they have only added 5cm, but...!) There's a wind with us still today meaning that there's some windblown areas and more (or less) depending on where you are. Care needed. For the moment it's just cloudy but might we see some sun later on? Looks like more decent snow later on tomorrow into Friday after a milder day during the dayime. Temperatures a bit up and down at the moment as if we can't decide where to go. What we want really is consistent low and consistent snowfall. Please. Thank you! Official snow depths: Utopia: 250cm Chuo: 195cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 140cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Wednesday 29th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 300cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 109cm observed on 17 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 280cm Posted on Monday 27th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . The day ended up with some fairly wild conditions yesterday - enough to have the night time "light up" cancelled unfortunately. Just a few cm outside this morning though I'm sure there will be more on the mountain.... the wind was really blowing it about. It's calmer this morning, -7 degrees, light wind, lots of cloud but kind of bright at the same time. Snow showers on and off forecast for the next few days. Strong winds likely tomorrow. Next decent snowfall due around Friday. Have a good day! Official snow depths: Utopia: 245cm Chuo: 190cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 27th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 280cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 89cm observed on 16 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 278cm Posted on Thursday 23rd January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . First of all one thing about yesterdays report... I didn't mean that "no new snow" was a good thing, just that the weather was very fine and that it was a feel good day out and about. And it was that. We're back to grey and cloudy this morning though but I do have 10cm of fresh snowfall to report. Which is obviously a good thing! Keeping cold down to -7 degrees earlier on and not much above that now and light snow falling. Tomorrow and Saturday like many areas of Japan are probably going to be milder and we should start the day off with sunny skies. There might even be some rain down in the village around Saturday. Official snow depths: Utopia: 240cm Chuo: 185cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Thursday 23rd January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 278cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 87cm observed on 15 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 268cm Posted on Monday 20th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Light snow on and off I said yesterday. Well, yes, snow... and strong winds at time. It was blowing a gale at times, and it even stopped the ski jump competition at times over at the jump-dai. Less wild conditions this morning though it remains cloudy. Keeping cold and no new snow to report since yesterday though there was the snow that fell yesterday which I will note below. Variable conditions forecast over the next few days, snow showers at times. We can expect warmer temperatures at the end of the week, hopefully won't rise too high. Official snow depths: Utopia: 230cm Chuo: 185cm Paradise: 225cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 20th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 268cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 77cm observed on 14 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 263cm Posted on Sunday 19th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . A moderate wind this morning though we are all open. Light snow on and off forecast for the day and pretty much similar through into mid week. Winds might be an issue from time to time. Official snow depths: Utopia: 230cm Chuo: 185cm Paradise: 215cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Sunday 19th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 263cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 72cm observed on 13 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 261cm Posted on Friday 17th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Just another few cm of snow this morning in Zao and it is snowing now. Snow on and off forecast for the weekend really, with the chance of some guest appearances by the sun. Hard to read. The only thing that looks sure is the continued cold temperatures, it's not going to warm up much at all right through into next week. That's a good thing of course, just come prepared. Peak season weekend means a busy Zao and so as always if you are going to be visiting a good early start is highly recommended if possible. Official snow depths: Utopia: 230cm Chuo: 185cm Paradise: 210cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Friday 17th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 261cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 70cm observed on 12 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 259cm Posted on Thursday 16th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . It was a beautiful day in Zao yesterday. Now we have had our fix of sun, back to snow please! Just a few cm overnight and it has been snowing lightly this morning but now just cloudy. Some breaks in the cloud actually. -5 degrees and a recording of -10C up top. The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Ladies) will be taking place in Zao over at the ski jump area on Saturday and Sunday. Always fun to watch them fly off that thing! From 10am on both days if you are interested. Official snow depths: Utopia: 230cm Chuo: 180cm Paradise: 210cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Thursday 16th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 68cm observed on 11 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 257cm Posted on Tuesday 14th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Similar look to things this morning. Cold, cloudy, 3cm of fresh snow. Sun tomorrow? A good chance and it will have been a while since we had a clear blue sky day, so would be nice. Yokokura Wall run remains closed due to avalanche risk. With the long weekend now over, we are back to a normal January weekday today meaning less people. Official snow depths: Utopia: 230cm Chuo: 175cm Paradise: 210cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Tuesday 14th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 257cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 66cm observed on 10 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 254cm Posted on Monday 13th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Thick fog means I can't see much outside the window this morning. I can see the 10cm or so on the top of the car though outside. It's not snowing now but clouds remain over the mountain. Stronger winds were forecast for today but for now there's only a light wind and lifts are operating as normal. Perhaps that will change later on in the day. Official snow depths: Utopia: 220cm Chuo: 170cm Paradise: 210cm Uwanodai: 135cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Monday 13th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 254cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 63cm observed on 9 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 244cm Posted on Saturday 11th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here . Morning from Zao. Another cold morning and another 2-3cm or so of fresh snow to report. Cloudy this morning and visibility is decent but variable on the mountain. I'm hearing that the Yokokura Wall run is closed today due to the risk of avalanche, which is a shame for the people here this weekend but understandable. The base is bustling this morning as lots of people arrive for the long weekend. Busy weekend precautions recommended! (See my reports over the new year). Have a good weekend. Official snow depths: Utopia: 205cm Chuo: 160cm Paradise: 195cm Uwanodai: 130cm Zao Now 2013-2014 season Data as of Saturday 11th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 244cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 12cm observed on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 179cm observed on 18 days January 2014 snowfall 53cm observed on 8 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com