Niseko Now: Friday 3rd December 2021
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 95cm
Posted on Friday 3rd December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Today is officially the first day of the ski season here, if you take that as being the day when the first ski lifts start up.
Niseko Village is the first to open with the Community Chair and Banzai Chair lifts planned to be operating today.
From tomorrow the other ski areas on the mountain all plan to be open. It looks like Hirafu will have their Ace Number 2 Center Four and Ace Number 3 pair lifts operating, with just the Center course available. Annupuri are planning on their gondola as well as the Jumbo Number 1 quad and Dream Number 1 quad lifts operating. With five courses open, there will be more terrain on offer than at Hirafu.
Thankfully today is much calmer than yesterday. In less exciting news, we have had to endure a bit more rain. Best to get it out of the system early on, right? Hopefully some snow tomorrow.
In the meantime, and at the risk of being predictable, I think it is time for some celebratory toast.
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Planned ski area operations: Friday 3rd December 2021
The below information is manually checked each morning and believed to be correct at time of report.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: -cm (-cm)
- Base: -cm (-cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Plans to open tomorrow
All courses open except:
- Plans to open tomorrow
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: -cm (-cm)
- Base: -cm (-cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Plans to open tomorrow
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: -cm (-cm)
- Base: -cm (-cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Plans to open tomorrow
Courses available:
- Plans to open tomorrow
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: -cm (-cm)
- Base: 30cm (-cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night time operations are scheduled in the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri areas from 18th December 2021 until 20th March 2022. There is no night skiing in the Niseko HANAZONO area.
Niseko Now 2021-2022 season |
Data as of Friday 3rd December 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 95cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 31cm (25th November) November 2021 snowfall 85cm reported on 6 days December 2021 snowfall 10cm 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.