Happy New Year!
New Years Day Mt.Fuji Sunrise, 1 January 2012
December was a month to remember with a whopping 437cm of accumulative snowfall in Hirafu village.
Buried snow station, 19 December 2012
Barunba Bar sign snow mushroom, 19 December 2012
Add to that November’s total of 125cm and today’s new year dump of 17cm which now brings us to a total of 579cm of accumulative snow fall. This morning Grand Hirafu reported a compacted snow depth of 130cm at the base of the mountain and 300cm at the mountain peak .
Food for thought… last season we recorded 5.1 meters of accumulative snowfall for December 2011. The first 9 days of January are looking good!!
Snow forecast for the first 9 days of 2013
We look forward to following the remainder of the 2012-13 season and providing a free impartial information source for people living locally or visiting the Niseko region.
Hirafu, 24 December 2012
Wishing you a safe, prosperous and happy 2013. Thanks for following 360niseko.com
