Niseko Now: Friday 2nd December 2022
- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 51cm
Posted on Friday 2nd December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
2pm update:
The ski areas have made their decisions (* though I suppose they are all subject to change).
Niseko HANAZONO and Niseko Grand Hirafu have delayed their opening until there's more snow. So they do not plan to open tomorrow. Hirafu are reporting 10cm of snow at the top of the Ace Number 3 pair lift and 20cm by the base. (Interesting numbers).
Niseko Annupuri plan to open just their base beginner area from 9:00am tomorrow. The Dream Number 1 quad lift is scheduled to be open. Tickets will be 2,700 yen for adults and 1,700 yen for children of elementary school age.
Niseko Village plans to be 'part open', without offering further details.
Niseko Moiwa also seem to be planning on opening their Number 2 pair lift tomorrow.
So there we have it. Tomorrow is the official start of the Niseko season. It will be very limited, but... yey!
It's still snowing but has been a bit on and off this lunchtime.
(Please note that apart from this updated text, all the other data in this report remains from the original morning report).
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Original morning report:
Good morning everyone.
There's more good snow news to report this morning with another 20cm since my last report. I like two digit numbers where the first digit is 2. (I like ones that start with 3 even more, but I must refrain from being too greedy so early on). Remember, this is around base, so we can expect there to be more higher up on the mountain. And more is forecast to fall during the day today too.
As I write this it is actually quite bright in places, though snow is still falling outside my place.
Enough to open tomorrow? As far as I can tell, the only ski area related news I can find early morning is that Hanazono have delayed opening.
I expect there to be some other announcements made by early afternoon. I will update this report later on today with any news...
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Planned opening dates:
Niseko Village: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Niseko Annupuri: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Niseko Grand Hirafu: Saturday 3rd December 2022 [delayed]
Niseko Hanazono: Saturday 3rd December 2022 [delayed]
Niseko Moiwa: Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Data as of Friday 2nd December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 51cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (2nd December) November 2022 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days December 2022 snowfall 34cm reported on 2 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.