Niseko Now: Saturday 6th December 2014
- Dec 6, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 91cm
Posted on Saturday 6th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
It's a very nice cold morning here in Niseko, and currently -7 degrees. Suitably wintery. And we now have three of the four resorts on the mountain part open. I have added the details of what lifts and courses are open at each area below.
Did I mention the snow?
The snow is still coming down this morning very nicely to add to the 30+cm of fine Niseko variety that we must have had since my last report (more than I was expecting given the forecasts) and I it doesn't take much to guess there'll be more higher up.
The Grand Hirafu resort has posted a snow depth of 110cm on their upper slopes this morning.
These are more like the kind of numbers we want to hear! And it's forecast to continue into tomorrow, so things are looking good at the moment.
Official open terrain is still limited as you can see below but with more snow to arrive I would imagine that we'll see operations opening up very quickly now.
We might be seeing the place open 2 weeks later than we had hoped and planned for, but that's in the past now! Time to enjoy the present. It should be a very fine day out there.
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Here's what's open this morning:
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Courses: Family Course, Center Course
Lifts: Ace Family Lift, Ace Number 2 Center Four lift, Ace Number 3 lift
Niseko Hanazono
Courses: Silver Course, Yotei Sunset
Lifts: All 3 quad lifts operating
Niseko Village
Courses: Final Fling, Shaky Knees, Next Stage, Banzai
Lifts: Community Chair, Banzai Chair
Niseko Annupuri
Niseko Annupuri is not yet open
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Official snow depth numbers at the time of writing:
Grand Hirafu / Hanazono:
Top - 110cm
Base - 50cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 50cm
Base - 40cm
Annupuri:
Top - 50cm
Base - 35cm
Niseko Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 6th December 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 91cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (6th December) November 2014 snowfall 30cm reported on 5 days December 2014 snowfall 61cm reported on 5 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.