Niseko Now: Sunday 29th November 2015
- Nov 29, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 41cm
Posted on Sunday 29th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
This is a bit more like it!
Yesterday ended up mild and sunny but temperatures dropped later in the day and it got cold.
There is some snow on the ground this morning after it started falling last night, and it is still snowing now with a fairly strong wind blowing around as well. It seems the forecast is for snowfall to ease off later today but hopefully resume sometime tomorrow.
There is not enough snow to get the lifts moving just at the moment - but look to an opening of some upper slopes before the full mountain opens...more snow up there and all that.
Niseko Grand Hirafu resort this morning reports 10cm at base and 40cm up top.
Niseko Grand Hirafu and Niseko Annupuri are on standby to open as quickly as possible, with Niseko Village planning to open on Tuesday and Hanazono on Saturday.
I will bring you the latest information tomorrow.
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Planned opening dates for the Niseko resorts:
Niseko Grand Hirafu: as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Annupuri: as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Village: Tuesday 1st December
Niseko HANAZONO: Saturday 5th December
'Nighta' should be starting on Saturday 12th December
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Data as of Sunday 29th November 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 41cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (25th November) November 2015 snowfall 41cm reported on 3 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.