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The Zaō Mountains (蔵王連峰, Zaō Renpō), commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone , Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named " Okama ".
The Zao Mountain is known for its conifer trees which become encrusted and solidified by January due to the hard rime phenomenon, which is caused by heavy snow and winds of freezing temperatures. [2] These formations are known as "snow monsters" or juhyo in Japanese. [6] They are caused by the frigid storm winds of the Siberian jet stream. [6]
The Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort (山形蔵王温泉スキー場, Yamagata Zaō Onsen Skī-jō) is the largest ski resort in Tōhoku region, Japan, operated by Zao Onsen Tourism Association (蔵王温泉観光協会, Zaō Onsen Kankō Kyōkai). The resort is mostly famous for its ski slopes in winter, but trekking is also popular sports in ...
It has been a tumultuous winter across the United States with temperatures plummeting below zero in more than 30 states, intense lake-effect snow that unleashed blizzard conditions and storms in ...
Some areas near St. Louis have seen more than 7 inches of snow over the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, as of around 9 a.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Mount Rainier and Mount Baker in Washington are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving 645 inches (1,640 cm) annually on average. By comparison, the populated place with the highest snowfall in the world is believed to be Sukayu Onsen in the Siberian-facing Japanese Alps. Sukayu Onsen receives 694.5 ...
Snow fell 85 times within ten days of those 642 times — that’s only 13% of the time. Will snow follow a ring around the moon? Another wives’ tale says a lunar halo, or a ring seen around the ...
Okama crater at Mount Zaō. Zaō (蔵王町, Zaō-machi) is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2020, the town had an estimated population of 11,790, and a population density of 77 persons per km 2 in 4,493 households. [1] The total area of the town is 152.84 square kilometres (59.01 sq mi).