Niseko Now: Wednesday 8th April 2015
- Apr 8, 2015
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 1144cm
Posted on Wednesday 8th April 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning from Hirafu and I have some snow to report. Yey!
3cm of it as well here outside my place so hopefully and very probably a bit more than that in higher areas.
And it's keeping real cold too. Brrr. Under zero still at Hirafu is reporting a temperature of -5 degrees on it's upper areas. Nice!
There was a bit of blue sky to see earlier on but right now as I write this it's generally mostly cloudy. Might get some blue sky and sun again though as the weather decides to do for the day.
With not much of a wind at all, I can't see why the planned lifts would not be able to open this morning.
So it should be good to find that new snow up there. I'm going to go and take a look... in the name of research of course.
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Planned resort operations for the rest of the season - wind and snow conditions aside may mean changes on any given day, but these are the plans!
Niseko Grand Hirafu:
- Holiday Pair Lift Number 1 - until Apr 8
- Ace Quad Number 2 Center four - until May 6
- King Triple Lift Number 3 - until May 6
- King Number 4 - until May 6
- Hirafu Gondola (** ONLY ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS) - until May 6
- Spring Park plans to be open until May 6
Niseko Annupuri:
- Annupuri Gondola - until May 6
- Jumbo Number 1 quad - until May 6
- Jumbo Number 4 pair - until May 6
Niseko Village:
Niseko Village is now closed but plans to reopen for the Golden Week holidays - from April 29th until May 6th
Niseko Hanazono:
Niseko Hanazono is now closed for the season
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Official resort snow depths:
Grand Hirafu:
Top - 385cm
Base - 60cm
Niseko Annupuri:
Top - 310cm
Base - 110cm
Niseko Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Wednesday 8th April 2015 Total snowfall at base so far 1144cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 83 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (15th & 26th December and 11th February) November 2014 snowfall 30cm reported on 5 days December 2014 snowfall 519cm reported on 25 days January 2015 snowfall 257cm reported on 23 days February 2015 snowfall 196cm reported on 18 days March 2015 snowfall 139cm reported on 11 days April 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.