Niseko Now: Friday 30th November 2012
- Nov 30, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 118cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -3C base / -6C top
Visibility Poor
Posted at 9:59am on Friday 30th November 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Niseko. Things did get colder yesterday and while we didn't really have much new snow to boast about by the time the lifts closed, we do have some new snowfall to report this morning... around 15cm. With the temperatures there should be some nice light powder conditions out on the mountain today. There's less wind as well this morning. It is continuing to snow as I write the report and not much of the mountains can be seen.
It should be colder still tomorrow with temperatures dropping down well below zero in the village and probably minus double figures higher up.
Niseko Grand Hirafu is showing an increase of 5-10cm of snow this morning in it's official snow depth numbers and there was about 15cm of snow waiting outside my place in Hirafu this morning.
This morning Niseko Grand Hirafu has opened up the Super Course - apparently, this is the first time that they have ever been able to do that in November.
Annupuri now saying that they have 9 of their 13 courses open, still being serviced by the same lifts, and as I mentioned yesterday the King Number 3 Triple Lift and Ace Family Pair lift at Hirafu will be operating from tomorrow as well. Tomorrow also sees Niseko Village open up but I can't confirm exactly what they plan to have open just yet.
Today is the last day of the special lower early season ticket prices.
The forecast is looking good for continued cold conditions and regular snowfall.
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Data as of Friday 30th November 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 118cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (19th, 21st, 28th November) November 2012 snowfall 118cm |
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.