Niseko Now: Wednesday 9th November 2016
- Nov 9, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 26cm
Posted on Wednesday 9th November 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
More snow!
This is very nice.
Another 8cm of lovely snow on the ground at my measuring point this morning and very cold this morning. Feels like the coldest so far this season. The snow quality looks pretty good too, even down here at base, so I can imagine some good things happening up there higher up.
As I think I mentioned in my last report, we do expect things to get less cold and maybe sunny tomorrow and there's not much snow on the forecast over the coming week after tomorrow morning. Though early season forecasts have certainly been known to not be right before.
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Just 2 weeks now from the first ski lifts (planned) opening in Niseko. Below are the planned dates for the four main resorts:
Niseko Grand Hirafu: Wednesday 23rd November 2016 until Sunday 7th May 2017
Niseko Annupuri: Saturday 26th November 2016 until Sunday 7th May 2017
Niseko Hanazono: Saturday 3rd December 2016 until Sunday 2nd April 2017
Niseko Village: Thursday 1st December 2016 until Sunday 2nd April 2017
Night skiing is planned from Saturday 10th December until Monday 20th March 2017 at the Annupuri, Grand Hirafu and Village resort areas.
Niseko Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 9th November 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 26cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 11cm (5th November) November 2016 snowfall 26cm reported on 4 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.