Good morning from Zao. It's just a cloudy one this morning with poor visibility on the mountain - well the upper slopes anyway as they aren't visible from base, but the lower slopes are looking ok. It is a mildish feeling +3 degrees lower down. And that's really all there is to report this morning at the moment.

Better news looking forward a bit. Colder temperatures and a chance of snow are on the horizon. Starting tonight perhaps. It does look like there will be strong winds along with this change in conditions though, so we'll have to keep an eye out on that. So hope to bring positive news tomorrow morning.

Official snow depths (18th March 12)
Utopia - 260cm
Chuo - 200cm
Paradise - 255cm
Uwanodai - 175cm

Operating lifts (18th March 12)
All Ropeways (Skycable, Zao Chuo Ropeway, Zao Ropeway) operating.
All the runs at Zao due to be open.