Niseko Now: Saturday 3rd December 2022
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 63cm
Posted on Saturday 3rd December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
First of all, fresh snowfall. Another 12cm since yesterday. Nice.
It's Saturday 3rd December and the first official day of the Niseko ski season for three of the ski areas here. There's still not a huge amount of snow around and so operations are limited to only some lower areas, and Niseko Grand Hirafu and Hanazono have decided to sit out today. Regular snow is still on the forecasts over the coming days and so hopefully we can expect things to expand quite quickly.
Anyway, four ski lifts are scheduled to be open from this morning, all servicing limited lower slopes at the respective ski area.
Niseko Annupuri: Dream Number 1 quad (9:00am-3:30pm)
Niseko Village: Community Chair and Banzai Chair (8:30am-3:30pm)
Niseko Moiwa: Number 1 pair (8:30am-3:30pm)
Cheaper lift tickets are generally available until 16th December. However, due to the limited operations, a ticket today for Annupuri is a specially cheap 2,700 yen. (I cannot find such information for Village and Moiwa this morning. Perhaps it's a secret!)
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Individual ski area operations: Saturday 3rd December 2022
The below snow depth and snowfall numbers are manually checked each morning from official sources.
Lift information is the planned operations for the day at the time of writing.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 20cm (-)
- Base: 30cm (-)
Planned lift operations (subject to weather conditions):
- The planned 3rd December opening has been delayed
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 60cm (-)
- Base: 25cm (-)
Planned lift operations (subject to weather conditions):
- The planned 3rd December opening has been delayed
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 40cm (-)
- Base: 40cm (-)
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
Planned lift operations (subject to weather conditions):
- Dream Number 1 quad
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 40cm
- Base: 30cm
Planned lift operations (subject to weather conditions):
- Community Chair
- Banzai Chair
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Night skiing:
Floodlit night skiing is planned from Saturday 17th December 2022 until Sunday 19th March 2023.
Niseko Now 2022-2023 season |
Data as of Saturday 3rd December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 63cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (2nd December) November 2022 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days December 2022 snowfall 46cm 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.