Niseko Now: Friday 11th January 2013
- Jan 11, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 731cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind
Light
Temperature -7C base / -15C top
Visibility Variable
Posted at 9:07am on Friday 11th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Snow was forecast for the day yesterday, and that's what we got.
And overnight too.
So much so, that this morning have 30-40cm of new snow to deal with. You'll see that in the Avalance report (below) 20cm is reported, and as noted in that it seems that there has been more over on the Hirafu side here.
It is another cold morning of course, -7C at the moment here and it probably won't change much throughout the day. Only a slight wind here at base though it does look like stronger winds higher up will prevent the top Wonderland Chair lift at Niseko Village. Other lifts around the mountain seem to be scheduled to operate as planned, perhaps some at reduced speed where necessary.
Light snow and generally cloudy this morning with similar snow on/off conditions due in the coming week.
This weekend is a long weekend in Japan with Monday being a national holiday - the 'Seijin no Hi', or Coming of Age Day.
Those visiting this weekend will certainly not be disappointed. We avoid using hyperbole on these here reports, but when there's totally awesome conditions on the slopes... what else can you say? :)
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 11th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 731cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 418cm reported on 27 days January 2013 snowfall 195cm reported on 11 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.