Niseko Now: Sunday 2nd December 2012
- Dec 2, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 153cm
Weather overview Light snow, cloud
Wind
Varied
Temperature -5C base / -10C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 8:48am on Sunday 2nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here.
This morning Niseko Grand Hirafu hits 2m of snow and with another 20-25cm of snow in the village falling overnight the fine start to the season seems to be continuing.
It has been snowing early on but as I write this there are even some signs of blue sky peaking through to the east and even some cheeky short glimpses of sunlight shining down. Light snow is still falling on the mountain though, so we'll just have to see which way it goes. The forecasts seem to be for the light snow to ease off and for it to be a generally cloudy day in the Niseko region.
It is another really cold start to the day and still down at around -5 degrees and it probably won't rise much either staying easily below zero.
Not much going on weather-wise tomorrow and rain is still looking possible around Tuesday along with a warm up - to start off with at least - but after that there is some very encouraging days of potential heavy snow lined up as temperatures dip right back down again.
There is a bit of a change with lifts at Niseko Village this morning where the Niseko Gondola and the Community Chair lifts will be operating today and tomorrow, and then they will be adding the Banzai Chair again from Tuesday.
With the Niseko Village Gondola opening up, this means of course that there's the connection to the Grand Hirafu resort area.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 2nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 153cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (2nd December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm December 2012 snowfall 35cm |
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.