Niseko Now: Monday 9th December 2013
- Dec 9, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 171cm
Posted on Monday 9th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Another 10cm or so of fresh snowfall here in the Hirafu area since the report yesterday with some nice snow coming down in the afternoon yesterday making for poor visibility on the mountain. But some very nice snow conditions to be found out there.
It looks like it's going to be a milder day today, overnight and into tomorrow - we may even see some rain fall into tomorrow unfortunately.
For now, it's just a cloudy morning with no snow falling.
Temperatures are set to drop considerably in the second part of the week though and hopefully that will bring with it lots of fresh powder.
As the snow continues to gradually build up, we are seeing more of the mountain open up. More of Niseko Grand Hirafu terrain is officially opening from today and it looks like the King area access, lower part of the Kokutai course, Kogen Course, Holiday Course and connecting course are opening up. For the record, Hirafu are now reporting 145cm at peak - which is a fair bit more than the other areas.
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Lift operations (at time of writing):
Grand Hirafu:
Ace Family Pair
Ace Number 3 Pair
Ace Number 2 Quad Center Four
King Number 3 Triple
Swinging Monkey
Hirafu Gondola
Hanazono:
Hanazono Number 1 lift
Hanazono Number 2 lift
Hanazono Number 3 lift
Niseko Village:
Gondola
Community Chair
Banzai Chair
Annupuri:
Gondola
Jumbo Number 3
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Official snow depth numbers:
Grand Hirafu:
Top - 145cm
Base - 75cm
Hanazono:
Top - 90cm
Base - 50cm
Niseko Village:
Top - 80cm
Base - 40cm
Annupuri:
Top - 90cm
Base - 65cm
Niseko Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Monday 9th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 171cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (12th November) November 2013 snowfall 123cm reported on 9 days December 2013 snowfall 48cm 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.