*15cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was -4°C. Looks like we have had a nice top up with at least 10 of the 15cm of fresh snowfall coming down in the late afternoon and overnight. It is presently snowing lightly in Hirafu village with minimal wind so it shoyld be a cracker up there on the mountain this morning! With snow in the forecast every day for the next week let’s see how much comes down in the last week of January!!
Snowfall in Hirafu Village, 26 January 2016
Useful information from other places
- Snow depth at the peak, 290cm
- Snow depth at the base, 120cm
- Accumulative snow fall to date in lower Hirafu village, 618.5cm
- JMA’s six hour precipitation forecast, possibly the most accurate weather map
- Real time lift operations.
- The latest Niseko avalanche report.
