Niseko Now: Tuesday 7th April 2020
- Apr 7, 2020
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 724cm
Posted on Tuesday 7th April 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Another light sprinkling of snow down at base and hopefully more higher up on the mountain (and I note that Annupuri seem to be saying 5cm and Hirafu are saying 10cm*). That should be nice. I can just about justify the 1cm today at my point, though note that it's nothing more than a dusting in places.
It's feeling kind of mild this morning and we are expecting a cloudy day. And cloudy it is. Cloud with the chance of a bit of sun tomorrow with slightly milder temperatures is what the forecast is currently saying.
There aren't going to be many more chances of snow this season, but perhaps some more snow around Thursday?
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I always find it really curious why many Japanese ski areas appear to report snowfall in units of 5cm (0cm, 5cm, 10cm, 15cm, 20cm, etc).
Of course, if 5cm of snow has fallen then the number should be 5cm.
But if 3cm of snow has fallen, does that somehow get rounded up to become 5cm? Does 2cm get rounded down to 0cm, or even rounded up to 5cm?
Perhaps I am imagining it, though I don't think so.
(Is this just a Japan thing? I only know Japan so can't compare.)
Or, perhaps Japanese snow is just 'unique' and does indeed fall in units of 5cm! ;)
I digress...
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Niseko Grand Hirafu
- The King-Ace connecting course, Onsenzawa and Miharashi courses are now closed
- Other courses remain open (not updated today)
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 300cm
- Base: 50cm
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating:
- Ace Number 2 quad center four
- King Number 3 quad
- King Number 4
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Niseko Annupuri
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 160cm
- Base: 40cm
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating:
- Annupuri Gondola
- Jumbo Number 1 quad
- Jumbo Number 4 pair
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Niseko Village
Official snow depth (reported by resort):
- Peak: 170cm
- Base: 40cm
The following lifts are scheduled to be operating:
- Niseko Gondola
- Wonderland Chair
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- The Niseko HANAZONO area is now closed for the season.
- Night time floodlit operations have closed for the season.
Niseko Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 7th April 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 724cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 84 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 33cm (21st January) November 2019 snowfall 85cm reported on 10 days December 2019 snowfall 207cm reported on 21 days January 2020 snowfall 224cm reported on 20 days February 2020 snowfall 143cm reported on 19 days March 2020 snowfall 59cm reported on 12 days April 2020 snowfall 6cm 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.