*11cm has fallen in the last 24 hours in Niseko. At 7:00 today the temperature was -6°C. Conditions are again looking excellent with another sweet top up of dry Hokkaido powder overnight. Snow is clinging to pretty much everything this morning with the pow even stacking up on power cables and the accumulation on the 360niseko snow station was so light we could have blown it off!
Caution is advised on the mountain as despite the abundance of fresh snow on the surface the base is still quite minimal with hidden dangers everywhere. Please stick to the courses, read the latest Niseko Avalanche Report ….and have a great day!
Niseko Snow Report, 8 December 2016
Niseko Annupuri Yesterday!
Judging by the overnight snowfall today will be great again if not much better!
Groomer Lords, 7 December 2016 from 360niseko on Vimeo.
Useful information from other places
- Accumulative snow fall to date in Niseko, 150cm
- Snow depth at the peak, 125cm
- Snow depth at the base, 40cm
- Real time lift operations.
- JMA’s six hour precipitation forecast, possibly the most accurate weather map
- Snow Forecast 6 day weather summary
- The latest Niseko avalanche report.
Snow Forecast
360niseko Snow Station Readings Disclaimer
The 360niseko snow station is now in a new location for the 2016-17 between Hirafu and Higashiyama at 200m in altitude. There is 27m difference in altitude to last seasons position in lower Hirafu village 227m. *The Hirafu Gondola is at 305m. Please be aware that this new reading is NOT in Hirafu village but a few kilometers down the road. There is always a deviation how and where the snow falls – the area is famous for micro climates and mini weather patterns. Some days there may be 10cm in Annupuri and 25cm in Hanazono and vice versa – some days 30cm of fresh snowfall comes down everywhere!! Altitude plays a big part as well so please don’t take the 360niseko snow readings as being definitive – the readings are what is outside our house on the ground.
