Christmas Came Early
*43.7cm of fresh snow has fallen since yesterday morning and at 7:00am today the temperature was -7°C. It looks like it’s going to be a white Christmas in Niseko.
Snow fall depth in Hirafu village, 24 December 2011
Useful information from other places
- Snow depth at the peak, 240cm
- Snow depth at the base, 130cm
- Real time lift operations.
- The latest Niseko avalanche report.
What’s happening today
As it’s Christmas Eve and there’s a lot happening.
We are going to watch the xmas jib event at Hanazono, registration is at 8am and the tricks kick off at 10:30am with the final around 2:15pm, you get all the details here.
The 18th Annual Niseko Avalanche meeting is taking place from 6pm in the Niseko Town Community Center, to discuss how the already excellent avalanche prevention can be improved. If you can’t make it there you can watch it live on Niseko’s own live channel.
If you’re in Hirafu around 9pm look out for the Christmas Eve fire works that should be going off near the Alpen Hotel, Herbies Umbrella Bar should be a great place to watch them.
Wild Bills will be a great place to finish the night
Snow Storm Struggle
Yesterday evening we drove to from Hirafu to Niseko Village, Annupuri, Moiwa and then back to Hirafu down a seriously sketchy road. We took this experimental time lapse from inside the car
Get more information on Snow-Forecast.com.
Niseko snow fall data
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