Niseko Now: Sunday 27th January 2013
- Jan 27, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 45cm
Snowfall at base this season 966cm
Weather overview Blue skies with some cloud
Wind
Strong
Temperature -3C base / -8C top
Visibility Very good
Posted at 9:24am on Sunday 27th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Tons of snow in the afternoon yesterday along with some wild conditions out on the mountain. I think some of the Australia Day parties might have started a bit early yesterday!
More snow to add to that this morning and there must be up to half a metre of so of freshly delivered stuff piled up this morning. Strong winds both yesterday and today means that it's going to be more in places and less in other places, making extra caution advised out on the mountain this morning as it's going to be more difficult to read than usual.
Generally though, it's going to be deep. Which sounds like a lot of fun.
And the clouds have cleared up quite quickly and right now while cloud still covers the top of Yotei-san, there's some lovely blue sky over the mountain.
Unfortunately, the whole mountain isn't going to be open due to the strong winds. Annupuri and Niseko Village both reporting winds of up to 20m/s, with the Niseko Grand Hirafu side also up to 18m/s on upper elevations. None of the top lifts are open, with lift operations at the moment looking like this:
Niseko Grand Hirafu - Ace Family, Ace Number 1, Ace Number 2 Center Four (reduced speed), Holiday Number 1 pair, Hirafu Gondola (reduced speed) and King Number 1 (from 10am).
Niseko Hanazono - Hanazono Number 1, Hanazono Number 2
Niseko Annupuri - Jumbo Number 1 and Jumbo Number 2. Family lift planned to open today.
Niseko Village - Banzai Chair, Morino Chair, Community Chair
Subject to change of course.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 27th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 966cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (27th January) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 418cm reported on 27 days January 2013 snowfall 430cm reported on 24 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.