Niseko Now: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
- Dec 3, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 36cm
Posted on Wednesday 3rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Morning from Hirafu, and not as much snowfall as I would like to report. (Though coming to think of it, is there ever as much as we want?!)
I'm going to log just over 5cm or so here in the base area.
It was snowing nicely earlier on but as I write this now there's actually a bit of blue sky on show in places and the sun has been shining through as well. The forecast is for continued snowfall though so hopefully that is just a short-lived thing. Peak season we might be all for a bit of sun but what we need right now is large amounts of snow to get things going... obviously!
As of last night Hirafu were reporting 25cm on upper slopes and 10cm on lower slopes of the resort.
The forecasts are giving us snowy days through into next week, though it doesn't look like it's massive dumpage. I hope I am wrong and by writing that I am provoking the dudes in charge of snowfall to show me I'm wrong. ;)
So anyway Niseko Village now joins Grand Hirafu and Annupuri on the 'will open as soon as there's enough snow' list. Hanazono of course has always been aiming for opening on Saturday 6th December. That might have been the most realistic of the lot this time round and prove very good timing.
Planned opening dates for the different resort areas on the mountain:
Niseko Grand Hirafu - will open as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Annupuri Kokusai - will open as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Village - will open as soon as there's enough snow
Niseko Hanazono - Saturday 6th December
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Data as of Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 36cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 7 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (15th November) November 2014 snowfall 30cm reported on 5 days December 2014 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 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.