*0.5cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was 0°C. Warmer conditions and with light snowfall in the village this morning. The winds may be an issue higher up on the mountain. There should still be some goods patches on snow in areas that weren’t baked too badly in yesterday’s brilliant sunshine.
Useful information from other places
- Snow depth at the peak, 365cm
- Snow depth at the base, 170cm
- Accumulative snow fall to date in lower Hirafu village, 767cm
- JMA’s six hour precipitation forecast, possibly the most accurate weather map
- Real time lift operations.
- The latest Niseko avalanche report.