Niseko Now: Friday 21st December 2012
- Dec 21, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 436cm
Weather overview Cloud with light snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -5C base / -9C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 9:31am on Friday 21st December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
The snow continued yesterday and we have another 15-20cm of the wonderful stuff around the village this morning. I could get used to saying that every morning!
Niseko Grand Hirafu's official (upper) snow depth has reached 300cm this morning.
Earlier on it was -6C, currently around -4C according to my trusty thermometer outside. It is cloudy with light snow falling as I write the report, though fairly decent visibility on the slopes. The snow clouds don't look like they're about to move on either with snow lined up pretty much every day over the coming week. Look for particularly cold temperatures and heavier snowfall late weekend into early next week, possibly along with strong winds again.
As more and more people arrive for the Christmas week, Niseko is certainly getting busier and the party atmosphere levels rising. With the excellent conditions we have and amount of snow to enjoy, there's a lot of happy people here at the moment.
Early on this morning it looks like just the top Hanazono Number 3 lift and the King Number 3 lift at Niseko Grand Hirafu operating at reduced speed, but other than that open as planned.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 21st December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 436cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 318cm reported on 19 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.