Niseko Now: Sunday 6th April 2014
- Apr 6, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 1155cm
Posted on Sunday 6th April 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Unfortunately those top lifts were closed for the day yesterday with the wind.
Unfortunately again, it's looking a similar picture today. Strong winds over at Annupuri means that area is completely closed as of 8:30am. Just the Banzai Chair running at Niseko Village so far, and the top lifts at Grand Hirafu and Hanazono are on hold as well. Go away winds! So it's all rather limited to start the day off. Some patches of ground have been covered up though with the bit of snowfall which is good to see - though will hardly last long.
From tomorrow we expect that the fine spring weather will return with sunny skies and it should start warming up again during the week.
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Official snow depth numbers at time of writing:
Grand Hirafu / Hanazono:
Top - 330cm
Base - 115cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 320cm
Base - 100cm
Annupuri:
Top - 320cm
Base - 120cm
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Niseko Hanazono Resort plans to be open until Sunday 6th April
Niseko Village plans to be open until Sunday 6th April (and then from 26th April until 6th May)
Niseko Annupuri plans to be at least part open until Tuesday 6th May
Niseko Grand Hirafu plans to be at least part open until Tuesday 6th May
Niseko Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Sunday 6th April 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 1155cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 99 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th January) November 2013 snowfall 123cm reported on 9 days December 2013 snowfall 275cm reported on 22 days January 2014 snowfall 461cm reported on 29 days February 2014 snowfall 178cm reported on 20 days March 2014 snowfall 113cm reported on 17 days April 2014 snowfall 5cm 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.