Niseko Now: Wednesday 10th December 2014
- Dec 10, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 169cm
Posted on Wednesday 10th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
I have another 20cm or so of fresh snowfall to report this morning as it keeps on building up nicely. Nice.
The Niseko Grand Hirafu resort area is now reporting 160cm of snow depth on upper areas and 100cm at base.
Still no major changes to what is open out there, but from this morning the connection passageway between the top of the Niseko Gondola at Niseko Village and Niseko Grand Hirafu areas will be open for the first time this season. It's a 150m or so walk, good exercise!
Connection between the Niseko Annupuri and Niseko Village resort areas is not yet open.
Tomorrow may not be quite as cold with temperatures in the village venturing up into positive numbers, but from Friday we have that cold front moving in that might well bring with it the very large amounts of snow that will open up our mountain in style. Let's hope that strong winds don't mess with our fun.
Looks like it might be a very snowy weekend in many regions of Japan. Here's to us all getting our share!
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Here's what's open this morning:
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Courses: Family Course, Alpen, Detour for Beginners, Green, Center, Kokutai, Kogen, Ni-Kabe, Jumbo, Parallel, Rinkan (lowe), Setsuzoku.
Lifts: Ace Family Lift, Ace Number 2 Center Four lift, Ace Number 3 lift, Hirafu Gondola, King Number 3 Triple lift, Swinging Monkey.
Niseko Hanazono
Courses: Stairway to Heaven, Silver Dream, Legend of Shinya, Yotei Sunset, Crystal Garden
Lifts: All 3 quad lifts operating
Niseko Village
Courses: Final Fling, Shaky Knees, Next Stage, Banzai, Cruiser, Don't Blink, beginners course from Gondola, Junkyard, Namara (part ungroomed), Jagaimo (ungroomed), Misoshiru (ungroomed)
Lifts: Niseko Gondola, Community Chair, Banzai Chair
Niseko Annupuri
Courses: Paradise Course, Junior Course
Lifts: Jumbo Number 1 Quad
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Nighta is scheduled to open from Saturday 13th December. Just 3 more nights to go!
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Official snow depth numbers at the time of writing:
Grand Hirafu / Hanazono:
Top - 160cm
Base - 100cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 80cm
Base - 50cm
Annupuri:
Top - 120cm
Base - 90cm
Niseko Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 10th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 169cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (7th December) November 2014 snowfall 30cm reported on 5 days December 2014 snowfall 139cm reported on 9 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Kutchan/Niseko. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.