Niseko Now: Friday 21st April 2017
- Apr 21, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 686cm
Posted on Friday 21st April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning to you all and it is a fine morning here.
The sun is out, there are blue skies as well as some cloud. A nice spring morning and keeping on the cold side for the moment - which is good for the remaining snow.
I imagine all of the scheduled lifts should be moving this morning.
There's just over two weeks to go now.
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Individual resort information: Friday 21st April 2017:
Planned openings. This info subject to change due to snow and weather conditions - any closings due to weather will be mentioned in the main report above.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Niseko Grand Hirafu plans to be open daily until Sunday 7th May.
You need to get the Ace Number 2 Center Four quad lift back down to base.
Official snow depth:
Top - 245cm
Base - 20cm
Courses that remain open (checked daily with each report):
Detour for beginners
Shirakaba
Center
Large
Rinkan
Jumbo
Dynamic
Planned operating lifts:
Ace Number 2 Center Four (8:30am until 4:30pm)
King Number 3 (8:40am until 4:30pm)
King Number 4 (8:50am until 4:30pm)
Gondola (8:30am until 4:30pm) - on weekends and national holidays only
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Niseko Annupuri
Niseko Annupuri plans to be open daily until Sunday 7th May.
Official snow depth:
Top - 190cm
Base - 15cm
Planned operating lifts:
Annupuri Gondola
Jumbo Number 1
Jumbo Number 4
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort has closed for the season.
Niseko Village is currently closed but plans to part re-open from 28th April until 7th May.
Night time floodlit operations have finished for the season.
Niseko Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 21st April 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 686cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 85 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 36cm (16th December) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 14 days December 2016 snowfall 181cm reported on 22 days January 2017 snowfall 152cm reported on 18 days February 2017 snowfall 160cm reported on 19 days March 2017 snowfall 83cm reported on 12 days April 2017 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.