*8cm has fallen in the last 24 hours in Niseko. At 7:00 today the temperature was 0°C. The snow is back this morning with a healthy top up overnight. There is quite a bit of wind around and they may act as a spoiler. The temperature is forecast to actually drop throughout the day and by the time the lifts stop running it will be -5 around 4pm. With the snowfall forecast to continue all week let’s hope all our powder dreams come true!!
Snow depth in Niseko, 6 December 2016
Useful information from other places
- Accumulative snow fall to date in Niseko, 134cm
- Snow depth at the peak, 95cm
- Snow depth at the base, 35cm
- Real time lift operations.
- JMA’s six hour precipitation forecast, possibly the most accurate weather map
- Snow Forecast 6 day weather summary
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.
