Niseko Now: Tuesday 14th December 2021
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 137cm
Posted on Tuesday 14th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning from Niseko.
We got some more fresh snowfall during the day yesterday and as a result I have another 13cm to add to my reports. It is a somewhat calmer scenario this morning with less wind and it's a generally grey kind of start to the day. Forecasts are looking good for consistent snow from Friday. It should be building up and hopefully ski areas will be able to open up more. It's always great when I am able to just say 'all open'.
A few lift operation changes to report. This morning Hirafu have their King Number 3 quad lift moving and few more courses available - specifically Jumbo Rinkan, Detour for Beginners. Over at Annupuri they are ging to have their Jumbo Number 1 quad operating.
Night skiing is planned to begin from this coming Saturday. Haven't heard any specific news on that but if we get more snow before the weekend I think we should be ok with that. (I'm guessing).
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I will try to keep up with exactly what courses are open in my lists below.
Hirafu and Annupuri are quite forthcoming with such information, but the other two are curiously less so. Perhaps it's a secret. I must say, it feels a bit weird having to really rummage around just to try and find out what to me seems like fairly basic information. Anyway, I will report the information that I am able to find. (And in this case, I won't guess).
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Planned ski area operations: Tuesday 14th December 2021
The below information is manually checked each morning and believed to be correct at time of report.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 135cm (+25cm)
- Base: 75cm (+30cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 25cm
- Base: 25cm
Planned lift operations:
- Ace Number 2 Center Four quad
- King Number 3 quad
Planned open courses:
- Center
- Shirakaba
- Jumbo
- Rinkan
- Detour for Beginners
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 105cm (+17cm)
- Base: 70cm (+40cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 20cm
- Base: 25cm
Planned lift operations:
- Hanazono Number 1
- Hanazono Number 2 quad
- Hanazono Number 3 quad
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 70cm (no change)
- Base: 60cm (+40cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
Planned lift operations:
- Annupuri Gondola
- Dream Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
Planned open courses:
- Utopia
- Shirakaba
- Junior
- Paradise
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 60cm (+10cm)
- Base: 25cm (no change)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 15cm
- Base: 10cm
Planned lift operations:
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night time operations are scheduled in the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri areas from 18th December 2021 until 20th March 2022. There is no night skiing in the Niseko HANAZONO area.
Niseko Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Tuesday 14th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 137cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th November) November 2021 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 days December 2021 snowfall 52cm 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.