Niseko Now: Tuesday 29th January 2013
- Jan 29, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 969cm
Weather overview Blue skies with some cloud
Wind
Light to moderate
Temperature -5C base / -10C top
Visibility Excellent
Posted at 9:38am on Tuesday 29th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
No new snow to report from Niseko this morning.
And a beautiful morning it is too. The sun is out, blue skies all around, a cute little fluffy cloud thing going on over the summit of Mt Yotei. All is calm. Well actually there's a bit more wind this morning than yesterday, but not enough to cause the lifts any problems and it looks like the resorts on the mountain are all open and operating as normal. All I can see at the moment is King Number 3 lift at Niseko Grand Hirafu opeating at a reduced speed, but apart from that...
Looking at one of the local forecasts here, it says cloud and light snow at times. Hmmm, well, that's wrong. Perhaps it will cloud over later on and snow is expected tomorrow though I wouldn't expect anythig major.
That one day aside, it has been a relatively 'dry' week or so here. The January 2013 snow fall for Kutchan town announced by JMA stands at 254cm. The number for the whole of January 2012 was 290cm and so if we want to 'beat' last year then we could do with another 36cm. Always good to beat previous years.
Yesterday was a fine day outside, but of course the talk was all about the two incidents on the mountain mentioned in the report - apparently they were both totally seperate accidents. It is sobering to hear of such stories and perhaps a chance for people to keep in their mind the potential dangers out on the mountain as well as all the excitement of the fun to be had. Take care.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Tuesday 29th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 969cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 63 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 433cm reported on 25 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.