Continued to snow last night steadily building up the base all around.

The whole mountain is open with the exception of the Ryuzan (far left) and Kotan slopes. It is unclear if the Shobonuma lift will be opening which means that the Renraku course taking you from Utopia across to Paradise cannot be used.

It stopped snowing at base at 10:00 and the sun came out. Disappeared again but it is clear skies down below and foggy above. A good day to be on Kurohime and Omori.

I spent the morning with the snow plough before all this stuff packs down so have not been able to get out on the mountain yet.

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All lifts scheduled to be operating apart from:

- Onsen Number 3 parallel
- Onsen Number 4 quad
- Ryuzan pair
- Karamatsu pair
- Nakamori Number 2 pair
- Paradise Number 3 pair
- Shobunuma Number 2 pair
- Yokokura Number 2 pair

All areas open apart from:

- Ryuzan
- Kotan

Official snow depths (as reported by the ski area):

- Summit area: 80cm
- Paradise area: 80cm
- Chuo area: 100cm
- Utopia area: 90cm
- Uwanodai area: 65cm
- Omori area: 65cm
- Kurohime: 90cm


Floodlit night skiing:

Uwanodai area:

- 26th December 2020 until 6th March 2021 (daily)
- 13th, 19th, 20th March 2021

Yokokura area:

- 26th December 2020 until 3rd January 2021 (daily)
- 8th January until 6th March 2021 (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays)

'Light Up' Ropeway operations:

The Zao Ropeway opens in the evenings on the below dates for 'Light Up' sightseeing purposes - to go and see the Juhyo monsters (not for skiing or boarding) on the following upcoming dates:

- 26th December 2020 until 3rd January 2021 (daily)
- Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in January 2021
- 27th, 28th January 2021
- Every day in February 2021 except Tuesdays

Note: there is an extra charge for this night time Ropeway operation.