Niseko Now: Friday 17th December 2021
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 140cm
Posted on Friday 17th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
It's snowing this morning. And quite nicely as I write this. There's not much fresh on the ground for the moment (with ski areas reporting around 5cm), but we should now be heading into a period of particular excite. Steady snowfall is on the forecast through into next week, heavy at times. Tomorrow should be getting really cold.
I think that's it for this morning. So I'll see you tomorrow.
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Oh yes, night skiing is planned to start from tomorrow, but it will depend on the snow and might be delayed.
And on the subject of night skiing I must apologise as it seems that one piece of information has slipped through my radar --- HANAZONO do plan to do night skiing this season! I'll write more about that in my report tomorrow.
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Planned ski area operations: Friday 17th 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 (+5cm)
- Base: 55cm (+5cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
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 (+5cm)
- Base: 62cm (+4cm)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 8cm
- Base: 5cm
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: 3cm
- Base: 3cm
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:
- Niseko Gondola
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night time operations are scheduled from 18th December 2021 until 20th March 2022.
*** Apologies - HANAZONO do indeed plan to do night skiing this season, but not from tomorrow. More in tomorrows report.
Niseko Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 17th December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th November) November 2021 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 days December 2021 snowfall 55cm 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.