Zao Onsen · mountains

Live snow conditions, lift status, and weather for mountains and ski resorts in the Zao Onsen.

• Zao Onsen Ski Resort — Yamagata's big classic across a broad juhyo-covered mountainside · about 880 m of vertical to Jizo Sancho at 1,661 m, famous for its snow monsters, on the Ikon Pass

Base towns

• Zao Onsen — Hot-spring village at about 880 m with 1,900 years of history · sulfur baths steps from the lifts, ropeways rising straight off the village streets