Dec 27, 2012 | Snow Reports, Winter Sports
*17.5cm of fresh snow as fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was -11°c. Yesterdays snowfall was reasonably heavy but this morning we can expect that layer to have consolidated meaning the today’s layer of light powder...
Dec 25, 2012 | Snow Reports
*0.5cm of fresh snow as fallen in the last 24hrs just outside of Hirafu Village. At 7:15 today the temperature was -16°C [almost 2°F]. Looks like we’re in for a fine Xmas morning. There’s not much new snow, but it was a very cold night and remains...
Dec 23, 2012 | News, Shopping, Winter Sports
Yesterday, Niseko’s very own local free magazine powderlife hit the stands around Niseko. For the last 5 seasons the team at Powderlife produced 2 issues a month but this season are producing a single high quality edition. The annual magazine has excellent...
Dec 23, 2012 | Snow Reports
*13cm of fresh snow as fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:15 today the temperature was -6°c. Useful information from other places Accumulative snow fall to date, 481cm Snow depth at the peak, 285cm Snow depth at the base, 145cm JMA’s six hour...
Dec 20, 2012 | Snow Reports, Winter Sports
*40cm of fresh snow as fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:30 today the temperature was -6°c. The mind boggling snow fall is just continuing here in Niseko with another 40cm on the snow station. Ridiculous Snow With more snow forecast for the...