Niseko Now: Thursday 16th December 2021
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 138cm
Posted on Thursday 16th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
I have just a bit of fresh snow to report from yesterday, though actually the ski areas themselves are not reporting any this morning.
It was a curious mix of weather yesterday with some rain at lower areas but snow higher up. It feels colder this morning and there's a bit of sun shining through early this morning. It should be a fairly decent morning out there, I suppose, but it feels like we should be ending all this faffing about and get those taps turned on properly. Thankfully, that looks like it might well be happening from later tomorrow.
In ski area news the Niseko Gondola (at Niseko Village) will be re-opening this morning.
Also, the Silver course has now been added to the list of courses that are open at Annupuri.
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Planned ski area operations: Thursday 16th 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: 130cm (no change)
- Base: 50cm (-25cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
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: 100cm (-5cm)
- Base: 58cm (-2cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
Planned lift operations:
- Hanazono Number 1
- Hanazono Number 2 quad
- Hanazono Number 3 quad
- Hanazono Symphony Gondola (?)
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 70cm (no change)
- Base: 60cm (no change)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
Planned lift operations:
- Annupuri Gondola
- Dream Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 2 pair
Planned open courses:
- Utopia
- Silver
- Shirakaba
- Junior
- Paradise
- Family
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 55cm (no change)
- Base: 25cm (no change)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 0cm
- Base: 0cm
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 Thursday 16th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 138cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th November) November 2021 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 days December 2021 snowfall 53cm reported on 8 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.