Niseko Now: Tuesday 6th December 2022
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 111cm
Posted on Tuesday 6th December 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
The run of fresh daily snowfall continues, making today the 7th day in a row. This morning, I measured 16cm, taking us to over 111cm observed this season.
May I direct you to lower down on this page to the graph that shows the daily snowfall. That graph is updated with every report; you can visualise how the snow is arriving this season. And be sure to toggle on the Show snowfall and Show accumulated snowfall buttons.
Back to this morning. It is a cold morning. The snowfall has eased off for now, and there is even some blue sky in places at the start of the day. Forecasts, however, tell us to expect more snow.
There only seems to be one more (lift operations) change to report since yesterday. That change is the Annupuri gondola, starting the season at 8:30am this morning. The gondola open means that higher terrain is now available at Annupuri. They now have their Utopia course available. (I am very tempted!)
The Niseko United ski areas are 'linked up' once the season gets going proper, but not yet, so you make your choice.
Someone asked about Niseko Moiwa and why it isn't included in 'Niseko United'. No, it's not part of the Niseko United group, which is officially made up of Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Hanazono, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri. Moiwa often seems to be left out, and I'm guessing lots of people wonder why. I'm sure there are all sorts of reasons for that, and it's probably not my place to elaborate on it further here. But I like Moiwa, and I will certainly check up on Moiwa and mention it in my reports.
I love doing these reports, by the way. I just wanted to say that. :)
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Individual ski area operations: Tuesday 6th 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.
Official snow depth numbers in brackets show the change since previous report.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 0cm (they don't seem to be updating this number)
- Base: 0cm (they don't seem to be updating this number)
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 80cm (+10cm)
- Base: 60cm (+10cm)
Planned lift operations:
- Ace Number 2 quad (Center Four) (8:30am-3:10pm)
- Ace Number 3 pair (8:40am-3:30pm)
Planned courses available:
- Center Course
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 8cm
- Base: 5cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 88cm (-2cm)
- Base: 63cm (-7cm)
Planned lift operations:
- Hanazono Number 1 (8:30am-3:00pm)
- Hanazono Number 2 quad (8:30am-3:00pm)
- Hanazono Number 3 quad (8:30am-3:00pm)
- Hanazono Symphony Gondola (8:30am-4:00pm)
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Niseko Annupuri
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 70cm (+10cm)
- Base: 65cm (+15cm)
Planned lift operations:
- Annupuri Gondola (8:30am-3:15pm)
- Dream Number 1 quad (9:00am-4:30pm)
- Jumbo Number 1 quad (8:30am-4:00pm)
Planned courses available:
- Utopia
- Shirakaba
- Paradise
- Junior
- Beginner course by the Dream lift
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Niseko Village
Official 24 hours snowfall (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 7cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 83cm (+8cm)
- Base: 70cm (+7cm)
Planned lift operations:
- Village Express (8:30am-4:00pm)
- Community Chair (8:30am-4:00pm)
- Banzai Chair (8:30am-4:00pm)
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Niseko Moiwa
Planned lift operations:
- Number 1 pair lift (8:30am-3:30pm)
- Number 2 pair lift (8:30am-3:30pm)
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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 Tuesday 6th December 2022 Total snowfall at base so far 111cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (2nd December) November 2022 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days December 2022 snowfall 94cm reported on 6 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.