Niseko Now: Saturday 14th December 2019
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 200cm
Posted on Saturday 14th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
To start the weekend off I have 7cm of fresh snowfall to report from here by base. Cloudy and grey and not much of a wind. It is not quite as cold this morning and the quality of the snow is perhaps reflected by that. While absolutely lovely of course - it is perhaps not as lovely as it is when it is the loveliest of all. Despite that rather silly sentence, I'm not feeling particularly wordy this morning so I'll leave it at that and see you tomorrow.
Oh yes - please note the open courses at Hirafu below. Terrain from the top of the gondolas to base areas at Niseko Annupuri and Niseko Village are also open. So there is a fair bit of choice, but top lifts are not open yet and we need more snow to click into full gear.
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Ski resort operation information: Saturday 14th December 2019
The below information is manually checked each morning and believed to be correct at time of report. Subject to change.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 145cm
- Base: 45cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Ace Family quad
- Ace Number 2 Center quad
- Ace Number 3 pair
- Hirafu Gondola
- Holiday Number 1 pair
- King Number 3 quad
- Swinging Monkey
Courses available:
- Family
- Detour for beginners
- Green
- Shirakaba
- Center
- Kogen
- Boyo
- Ni-kabe
- Kokutai
- Holiday
- Rinkan (lower area)
- Jumbo
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 80cm
- Base: 33cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Hanazono Number 1 quad
- Hanazono Number 2 quad
- Hanazono Number 3 quad
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 75cm
- Base: 50cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Annupuri Gondola
- Dream Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 3 pair
Courses available (*when planned lifts operating) :
- Utopia Course
- Silver Course
- Shirakaba Course
- Paradise Course
- Junior Course
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 60cm
- Base: 40cm
Ski lifts operating:
- Niseko Gondola
- Upper Village Gondola
- Village Express
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night time operations are normally available in the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri resort areas. Subject to weather conditions. There is no nighta at the Niseko HANAZONO resort area.
Niseko Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 14th December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 200cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 21cm (6th December) November 2019 snowfall 85cm reported on 10 days December 2019 snowfall 115cm 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.