Niseko Now: Thursday 16th April 2020
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 6, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 728cm
Posted on Thursday 16th April 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning from Niseko.
And it is another morning of cloud and blue sky. It is rather windy on mountain - at the start of the day the top lift at Hirafu is on hold, as is the Gondola and upper Jumbo 3 lift. So rather limited.
Other than that, I'm not finding that many words just at the moment. It's just very quiet and very spring.
So I think it is time for some toast!
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Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 290cm
- Base: 40cm
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating:
- Ace Number 2 quad center four
- King Number 3 quad
- King Number 4
- The following upper courses are scheduled to be open:
- Detour for Beginners
- Shirakaba
- Center
- Large
- Holiday
- Rinkan
- Jumbo
- Dynamic
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 150cm
- Base: 35cm
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating:
- Annupuri Gondola
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 3 pair
- 8 courses scheduled to be open
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- The Niseko HANAZONO and Niseko Village areas are now closed for the season.
- Night time floodlit operations have closed for the season.
Niseko Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Thursday 16th April 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 728cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 85 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 33cm (21st January) November 2019 snowfall 85cm reported on 10 days December 2019 snowfall 207cm reported on 21 days January 2020 snowfall 224cm reported on 20 days February 2020 snowfall 143cm reported on 19 days March 2020 snowfall 59cm reported on 12 days April 2020 snowfall 10cm reported on 3 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.