A beautiful morning in Zao. More cloud early on but it has been clearing and leaving us with lots of blue skies and the sun is shining down on us at the moment - and set for the day with temperatures warming up a little as the day moves on. Tomorrow is forecast to be similarly relatively mild with a chance of rain lower down and snow at higher elevations... and snow forecast for Tuesday.

Decent snow cover on the open Chuo slopes - spent a few hours over there yesterday - snow is thin on the ground in base areas now. So we are looking forward to a large decent dumpage of snow for things to get going properly.

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Operating lifts:
- Chuo Number 1 pair lift
- Chuo Number 2 pair lift
- Zao Ropeway
- Zao Chuo Ropeway
- Sky Cable

Open course areas:
- Summit
- Chuo
- Utopia

Official snow depths:

- Summit area: 35cm
- Paradise area: 40cm
- Chuo area: 40cm
- Utopia area: 35cm
- Uwanodai area: 10cm
- Oomori area: 5cm

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Zao Onsen forecast:

Zao Onsen 6-day snow and weather forecast

Floodlit night skiing for the 2017-2018 season is planned as follows:

In the Uwanodai area:
Daily from Saturday 23rd December 2017 until Sunday 4th March 2018
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only from Friday 9th March until Sunday 18th March 2018.

In the Yokokura area:
Daily from Saturday 23rd December 2017 until Monday 8th January 2018
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only from Friday 12th January until Sunday 18th February 2018.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only from Friday 2nd March until Sunday 11th March 2018.

Night time 'light up' sightseeing ropeway is planned for the following dates:

December 2017: 23rd-24th, 29th-31st
January 2018: 1st-7th, 13th-14th, 20th-21st, 27th-31st
February 2018: every day
March 2018: 1st-4th