Niseko Now: Sunday 1st December 2019
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 85cm
Posted on Sunday 1st December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
No fresh snowfall to report this morning and as far as I can tell that area of Annupuri will once again be open.
Niseko Village is also opening their Upper Village Gondola and Village Express lifts this morning. I have to admit though, it is unclear to me at this moment what exactly is open over there. They teased 'Who's ready to feel the powder?' yesterday, which I had a bit of a chuckle about... hopefully I'll fill you in on some actual information tomorrow.
(My annoyance with marketing messaging has not declined in the last year, folks!)
I was looking back at my report from 1st December last year - there seemed to be much more was going on, which was a bit annoying to see. This season I will of course be bringing you as many details as I can, but we need stuff to be open for me to do that. Doh!
I am happy to see that the current forecast is looking very encouraging, so lets hope there is a lot of snow to be reported in the coming week.
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It was interested to see how I have clocked up 85cm of snowfall so far this season (through until the end of November), and the corresponding number last season was 84cm. Just goes to show that just looking at the numbers can be somewhat misleading. A look at the last 7 seasons gives us a bit of a wider view...
Observed snowfall at base up until the end of November
This season: 85cm
2018-2019 season: 84cm
2017-2018 season: 188cm
2016-2017 season: 110cm
2015-2016 season: 61cm
2014-2015 season: 30cm
2013-2014 season: 123cm
2012-2013 season: 118cm
Take a look at 2017-2018!
I remember reporting on that with some considerable excitement!
I can't vividly remember 2014-2015.
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Night time operations will be available at the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri resorts. That is planned daily between Wednesday 11th December 2019 and Sunday 22nd March 2020.
Niseko Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Sunday 1st December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 85cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (16th November) November 2019 snowfall 85cm reported on 10 days December 2019 snowfall 0cm |
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.