Niseko Now: Sunday 7th February 2021
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 899cm
Posted on Sunday 7th February 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine this morning!!!
Actually, no. I'm kidding.
It's limited visibility and snowing has started falling again this morning. It's coming down really nicely just now too. Nice big flakes, looking all fluffy. Quite cold, not mad cold, and getting colder tomorrow.
All lifts across the mountain look set to be moving as planned. Yey.
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I realised yesterday that I hadn't mentioned the Sapporo Snow Festival this time round.
Bonkers period of time that we are currently all living through, as you might expect there's no normal Sapporo Snow Festival happening this season.
Instead, this year they are doing some 'online event' thingies. I must admit to not really looking into it myself.
We can only hope that come this time near year, there will be something more like normal. One more thing to look forward to.
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Niseko Avalanche Report
6:25am Benkei cape: NNW7m/s, Kamui cape: NW6m/s, 1010hPa, 0.6m waves. Hanazono 1000m: -10.4℃, NNW3.4m/s. Hanazono 720m: -7.9℃, NNW2.7m/s. Moiwa 800m: -7.9℃, N2.4m/s. Kutchan town: -6.8℃, NE0.3m/s, 171cm snow depth, 1010.4hPa. Moiwa base: -6℃, no snowfall and calm.
No other information today.
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Planned ski area operations: Sunday 7th February 2021
The below information is manually checked each morning from official sources.
The numbers in brackets show the change in the official snow depth numbers since the previous report.
Niseko Grand Hirafu
24 hours new snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 390cm (-10cm)
- Base: 225cm (-5cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Planned: Ace Family Quad, Ace Quad Center 4, Hirafu Gondola, Holiday Number 1, King Number 3 Quad, King Number 4, Swinging Monkey
- Ace Family Quad and Ace Number 2 Center Four lifts operate for night skiing
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Niseko HANAZONO Resort
24 hours new snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 10cm
- Base: 10cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 290cm (+5cm)
- Base: 215cm (+0cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Planned: All lifts
- There is no night skiing at Hanazono
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Niseko Annupuri
24 hours new snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 5cm
- Base: 5cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 270cm (+10cm)
- Base: 190cm (+0cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Planned: All lifts
- Jumbo Number 1 quad lift operates for night skiing
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Niseko Village
24 hours new snowfall (as reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 3cm
- Base: 3cm
Official snow depth (reported by the ski area):
- Peak: 275cm (+5cm)
- Base: 195cm (+0cm)
Ski lifts operating:
- Planned: Niseko Gondola, Community Chair, Banzai Chair and Wonderland Chair
- Community Chair and Banzai Chair lifts operate for night skiing
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Night time operations are available in the Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri areas until 7th March 2021. There is no night skiing in the Niseko HANAZONO area.
The Ace Pair Number 1, 3 and 4, King Pair Number 1 lift and King Quad Number 2 lifts are being rested for the season at Niseko Grand Hirafu. There may be other lift operation changes at the moment due to coronavirus situation. Do be sure to check for details with ski areas.
Niseko Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Sunday 7th February 2021 Total snowfall at base so far 899cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (31st December and 18th January) November 2020 snowfall 62cm reported on 6 days December 2020 snowfall 348cm reported on 25 days January 2021 snowfall 387cm reported on 27 days February 2021 snowfall 102cm reported on 7 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.