Niseko Now: Monday 7th January 2013
- Jan 7, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 656cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -9C base / -14C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 9:17am on Monday 7th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
15cm of lovely new light, powdery snow to report this morning. It keeps on adding up. There have been some very fine snow conditions on the slopes and today should be another great day for finding untracked fresh powder.
It would help if the wind wasn't so prevalent. This morning once again wind is affecting lift operations with the top lifts at Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village and Niseko Annupuri all not moving and hoping for calmer conditions. All the lifts over at Niseko Hanazono are operating, though the top two are moving at reduced speed. Of course these things can change during a day and the official resort websites have updated information on them so worth keeping an eye on. It does look likely to be windy for the day though.
It's colder than yesterday and about -8C in the Hirafu village area now. Annupuri are reporting a temperature of -16C up at the top of that resort area so with the winds of up to 20m/s there it will be feeling mighty cold.
Very light snow falling now though it's pretty bright out there and feels like it may well clear up somewhat today. Snow clouds should be here or at least close by though right through the week.
First day back to normal life after the long New Year holidays for a fair few people today, so the weekend rush might be over. Interestingly Niseko is different from many other ski resorts in Japan in that there's a fair few people out on weekdays too. Nothing major though. Enough snow and untouched to go around I think. Hope you can get out to enjoy it.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 7th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 656cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 418cm reported on 27 days January 2013 snowfall 120cm 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.