Niseko Now: Saturday 30th November 2013
- Nov 30, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 123cm
Posted on Saturday 30th November 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Morning and here we are on the official opening day of the season in Niseko with Niseko Grand Hirafu opening at 8:30am this morning.
Around 15cm of fresh snowfall since my last report here in the village.
As I mentioned yesterday afternoon, Niseko Grand Hirafu has the Ace Number 3 pair lift servicing the Center Course, and the Ace Number 2 Center Four lift taking people up (and down) from that upper area. Hirafu are reporting 60-100cm on it's slopes this morning and a temperature of -6 degrees.
Here in the Hirafu village area it's around -1C and currently just cloudy with light snow falling at times - was hoping for more sustained snowfall (aren't we always?!). Hopefully we will get more later on, but the forecast into next week not looking quite as encouraging as it was a few days back.
Anyway, Niseko Village plans to open tomorrow with the Community Chair and Banzai Chair lifts operating and 4 courses open. No further word yet from Annupuri.
Official snow depth numbers:
Grand Hirafu:
Top - 100cm
Bottom - 60cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 60cm
Bottom - 30cm
Annupuri:
Top - 50cm
Bottom - 48cm
Niseko Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 30th November 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 123cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (12th November) November 2013 snowfall 123cm reported on 9 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.