Niseko Now: Friday 7th December 2012
- Dec 7, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 190cm
Weather overview Snow, cloud
Wind
Strong
Temperature -8C base / -13C top
Visibility Generally poor
Posted at 9:42am on Friday 7th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here.
It was another wild ride yesterday with some very strong winds indeed. This morning it is a return to much colder conditions and while it is still very windy, it's somewhat less so than yesterday. The wind is still affecting lifts though with the Gondolas at both Niseko Annupuri and Niseko Village not operating early on as planned - see below for a list up of which lifts are operating this morning.
So it's much colder this morning. When I got up it was closing in on -8C and right now it's not much warmer... Hirafu are reporting a temperature of -13C on their upper slopes early on. Brrrr. Wrap up well! And take care as well. With another 10cm or so of new snow since yesterday - and nice quality snow it is indeed - the runs should have a decent cover since that recent rainfall. But especially with the strong winds blowing things around it's not uniformly great and somewhat variable. There should be some very nice conditions to be found in places, I would imagine.
Oh yes, it's still snowing now as well. But just as I write this I can actually see a bit of sunlight peeking through from the clouds and I can see the bottom half of that famous mountain that we have in the area... that will likely just be a temporary break in the clouds though.
The forecast is still looking good moving forward with snow lined up each day into next week. Tomorrow perhaps won't be as cold as today but heavy snow is forecast and those winds are still going to be present.
Tomorrow should see the Niseko Hanazono resort area open for the first time this season.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 7th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 190cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (2nd December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 72cm 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.