Niseko Now: Saturday 17th February 2024
- Feb 17, 2024
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 778cm
Posted on Saturday 17th February 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Another few cm of snowfall this morning and some sunny skies to start the weekend. It's more shades of light blue than deep blue early on.
Sun is expected across the weekend with some warmer temperatures during the day, particularly tomorrow and Monday.
It will be getting colder once again from Tuesday, and hopefully we'll get back to enjoying some fresh snow then too.
Anyway, it's time for some toast. I hope you have a fine Saturday wherever you are. It should be fun!
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Niseko Avalanche Report
Mountain Base 6am: 3cm crystal snow in last 12hrs. Moiwa 800m: -10.5°, NW1.5m/s, 3cm new snow, snowdrift development. Mikaeri 764m: -12°, N1.2m/s, 5cm new snow. Annupuri 1100m: -10.9°, WNW6.1m/s. Niseko Village 1000m: -9.9°, W2.4m/s. Coastal data: Benkei Cape: SSE4m/s. Kamui Cape SW6m/s, 1025hPa, wave 0.8m.
We would like to apologize for using inappropriate words such as "Osaka's Anchan Group" and "Yakara" in Avalanche Information No. 67 on February 14th. These expressions were used to refer to specific people who did not follow the rules of the time, and were not used to refer to everyone in Kansai, such as Osaka and Amagasaki. We apologize for causing a big misunderstanding and for making the people of Osaka feel uncomfortable. However, the Niseko Rules are applied fairly to everyone visiting Niseko, regardless of race or nationality. This Avalanche bulletin will be suspended from tomorrow to discuss these issues.
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Individual ski area information for Saturday 17th February 2024
The below snow depth and snowfall numbers are manually checked each morning from official sources.
Lift information is the planned operations for the day at the time of writing and subject to change.
Niseko Tokyu Grand Hirafu
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 5cm
- Base: 5cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 310cm (no change since yesterday)
- Base: 110cm (no change since yesterday)
Lifts (scheduled):
- All lifts apart from King Number 1 pair and King Number 2 quad (normal operations)
- The Ace Family quad, Ace Number 2 quad (Center Four), Hirafu Gondola and Holiday Number 1 pair lifts are scheduled to be open until 7:00pm
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 5cm
- Base: 1cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 250cm (+3cm since last update)
- Base: 165cm (no change since last update)
Lifts (scheduled):
- All lifts
- The Hanazono Symphony Gondola is scheduled to be open until 7:00pm
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Niseko Annupuri Kokusai
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 220cm (no change since yesterday)
- Base: 180cm (no change since yesterday)
Lifts (scheduled):
- All lifts
- The Jumbo Number 1 quad lift is scheduled to be open until 7:30pm
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Niseko Village Ski Resort
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 230cm (no change since yesterday)
- Base: 140cm (no change since yesterday)
Lifts (scheduled):
- All lifts apart from Morino Chair and Country Road
- The Upper Village Gondola, Village Express and Banzai Chair are scheduled to be open until 7:00pm
Niseko Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Saturday 17th February 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 778cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 73 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 62cm (8th January) November 2023 snowfall 120cm reported on 11 days December 2023 snowfall 247cm reported on 24 days January 2024 snowfall 298cm reported on 24 days February 2024 snowfall 113cm reported on 14 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.