Niseko Now: Sunday 16th November 2014
- Nov 16, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 28cm
Posted on Sunday 16th November 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Just a bit of snow since last night but another few cm of snow yesterday since my report. It's just cloudy at the moment as we were expecting with the temperature just rising slightly above freezing during the day today.
I am hearing from a few people that there is now well over half a metre of snow up there on the upper areas (closer to a metre according to some), so all told things are looking very encouraging for opening next weekend.
Here's the planned opening dates for the different resort areas on the mountain:
Niseko Grand Hirafu - Saturday 22nd November
Niseko Annupuri Kokusai - Saturday 22nd November
Niseko Village - Monday 1st December
Niseko Hanazono - Saturday 6th December
Night operations at the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri areas are scheduled to begin from 13th December. Those of you who have followed the reports here will have heard me say this before but... the 'nighta' is great fun and well worth a try.
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Data as of Sunday 16th November 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 28cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (15th November) November 2014 snowfall 28cm 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.