Niseko Now: Saturday 30th November 2024
- Nov 30, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 38cm
Posted on Saturday 30th November 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
I am happy to be able to report a fairly decent (if not massive) layer of snowfall this morning. I have measured 14cm since my last report.
It is cloudy/overcast right now, but fairly bright, and very light snow is falling.
This latest snowfall is not enough for ski areas to open.
On the official Niseko United real-time page, Annupuri, Hirafu and Hanazono have all noted that opening has officially been delayed. (Niseko Village is still stuck on a message from early April and thanking folks for turning up last season). Yeah, I know, stuff like that kind of bugs me.
Anyway, forecasts tell us to expect a bit more today and then what looks like consistent snow from Tuesday onwards.
The ski areas will open as soon as they is enough snow, so we will just have to wait!
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2:30pm update:
What do you know, I have good news. :)
Niseko Tokyu Grand Hirafu, Niseko Annupuri, Niseko Village and Niseko Moiwa have all announced that they will be opening from tomorrow morning, Sunday 1st December.
Operations will be very limited at each, but... hurray, all the same!
At the time of this update, Niseko Hanazono has not yet made any such announcement. (That may well change over the coming hours, of course, but I need to get myself elsewhere for the rest of the day. If there is any announcement before 6pm, it will be shown on this page).
Anyway, I will bring you the full and excite details tomorrow morning.
Niseko Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 30th November 2024 Total snowfall at base so far 38cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (30th November) November 2024 snowfall 38cm 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.