Niseko Now: Friday 30th March 2018
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 1247cm
Posted on Friday 30th March 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
It's Friday. And it a mild morning. Beautiful too with lots of blue sky and sunshine, with quite a few pretty white clouds dotted around the skies too.
It is going to be a fine day.
I noticed on the news last night that Hokkaido (in general) was experiencing 'summer like' temperatures yesterday - one town (apologies, I did not catch the name) was apparently up to 20 degrees C, something that is more usual for July.
I will post my recap of March and the season so far early next week. It looks like we are going to be ending the month with 49cm of observed snowfall here at base for the month. That is easily the lowest number that I have recorded in the month of March over the last six seasons. Anyway, more comment on all that early next week.
There is just over 5 more weeks to go in the 2017-2018 season here in Niseko. March may not have delivered us lots of fresh snowfall, but we still have loads of snow on the mountain - Hirafu are still reporting almost 4.5m of the stuff on upper slopes!
with some of the ski lifts planning to be operating daily until Sunday 6th May.
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Friday 30th March 2018
Resort specific information (operations subject to change):
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Plans to be open daily until Sunday 6th May
Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Plans to be open daily until Sunday 8th April
Lifts info:
- King Number 1 and 2 and Ace Number 4 lifts rested.
- Other lifts should be operating.
Official snow depth:
- Top: 445cm
- Base: 150cm
Niseko Annupuri
Plans to be open daily until Sunday 6th May
Lifts info:
- Jumbo Number 2 and 3 lifts rested.
- Other lifts should be operating.
Official snow depth:
- Top: 400cm
- Base: 150cm
Niseko Village
Plans to be open daily until Sunday 8th April
Lifts info:
- Community Chair, Morino Chair and Country Road Chair lifts rested.
- Other lifts should be operating.
Official snow depth:
- Top: 380cm
- Base: 170cm
Niseko Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 30th March 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 1247cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 96 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (31st December) November 2017 snowfall 188cm reported on 11 days December 2017 snowfall 406cm reported on 27 days January 2018 snowfall 305cm reported on 26 days February 2018 snowfall 299cm reported on 24 days March 2018 snowfall 49cm reported on 8 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.