Niseko Now: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
- Dec 3, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 134cm
Posted on Tuesday 3rd December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
It's a cloudy morning here in Hirafu with just a sprinkling of snow since yesterday. I've put 1cm on the report, but there's a bit of 'rounding up' going on there! Hovering around 1 degrees now
Niseko Grand Hirafu now has the Family Course, Center Course and Shirakaba Course officially open. Still no access down to the base of the skijo due to the lack of snow - so you come down using the Ace Center Four.
It's a similarly story of limited conditions over at Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri as we wait for more snowfall. At Annupuri just the 600m Utopia course is open, coming down via the Gondola, while at Niseko Village there are 4 courses open - Final Fling, Shakey Knees, Banzai and Next Stage.
I wish I could bring you news of huge dumps of snow lined up over the next few days, but unfortunately I can't. More sun than snow by the looks. Saturday is looking interesting with the potential of decent snowfall later on into Sunday.
Anyway, as always, we'll keep you updated on this page.
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Lift operations (at time of writing):
Grand Hirafu:
Ace Family Pair
Ace Number 2 Quad (Center Four)
Ace Number 3 Pair
Niseko Village:
Community Chair
Banzai Chair
Annupuri:
Gondola
Jumbo Number 3
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Official snow depth numbers:
Grand Hirafu:
Top - 100cm
Bottom - 65cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 60cm
Bottom - 30cm
Annupuri:
Top - 65cm
Bottom - 55cm
Niseko Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Tuesday 3rd December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 134cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (12th November) November 2013 snowfall 123cm reported on 9 days December 2013 snowfall 11cm reported on 3 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.