Winter Has Landed

Nov 18, 2012 | News

The snow continued to fall heavily throughout the day with more than 10cm falling in Hirafu village. Slide it. *Move your cursor over the image to reveal today’s new snowfall The first shot was taken at 07:30 and the second at 14:10. Short movie below was shot...

Niseko Snow Report, 18 November 2012

Nov 18, 2012 | News, Snow Reports

More Snow in Hirafu Village At village level there was no accumulation of snow overnight however higher up the mountain and around the new Grand Hirafu Base and Hirafu Gondola there were patches of coverage. At 06:45 the snow started falling more heavily and large...

Fresh Snow in Hirafu

Nov 15, 2012 | News, Snow Reports

Temperatures dropped considerably overnight and this morning the light rain in Hirafu village was falling as snow higher up on the mountain. The snow line was visible at around 700m the lowest it has reached so far for the 2012-13 season. Great to see snow again after...

Grand Hirafu’s 1000m Hut Hike

Nov 6, 2012 | News

As snow now covers the peaks in the Niseko region it was time to hike up the mountain from Grand Hirafu, take a closer look at the snowline and see how the groomed runs have been prepared for the coming season. After the recent weather we’ve been having,...

First Tracks 2008 – 2011

Nov 1, 2012 | News, Winter Sports

As Niseko Hirafu awaits winter and the first snow fall of the 2012-13 season why not take a look back at some images from the first snowfall in Hirafu village and first tracks at Niseko Mt. Resort Grand Hirafu. 2008 First tracks with Mike Richards AKA “Mike...