Niseko Now: Thursday 10th December 2020
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 128cm
Posted on Thursday 10th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Over the mountain this morning it is mostly grey and dull and cloudy, though there's some blue sky over towards Mt Yotei.
I am measuring just over 4cm of snowfall to add to my report this morning.
(Yesterday the official base snow depth at Hirafu was 30cm. This morning it has jumped up to 55cm. There hasn't been 25cm overnight, so I am presuming that is just a bit of data catch-up going on).
It's all a bit... bit by bit, at the moment. While we have lifts running and offering up some early season fun, it still doesn't feel like things have properly got going yet.
But that will hopefully change come next week with a decent delivery of snow being lined up. And I will very much look forward to reporting it to you.
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Just noticed:
Niseko Annupuri plan to have their Gondola operating from tomorrow. That will expand the amount of available terrain over there with the Utopia and Shirakaba courses opening up.
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Ski resort operation information: Thursday 10th December 2020
The below information is manually checked each morning and believed to be correct at time of report.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 105cm
- Base: 55cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Ace Family quad
- Ace Number 2 Center quad
- Ace Number 3 pair
Courses available:
- Family
- Shirakaba
- Center
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 70cm
- Base: 30cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Hanazono Number 1 quad
- Hanazono Number 2 quad
- Hanazono Number 3 quad
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Niseko Annupuri
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 65cm
- Base: 35cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Dream Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
Courses available:
- Paradise Course
- Junior Course
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Niseko Village
Part open
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 60cm
- Base: 40cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Niseko Gondola
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night time operations are available in the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri areas from Saturday 19th December 2020.
There is no nighta at the Niseko HANAZONO area.
Niseko Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Thursday 10th December 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 128cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (10th November) November 2020 snowfall 62cm reported on 6 days December 2020 snowfall 66cm reported on 7 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.