Feb 28, 2013 | News, Winter Sports
When it dumps snow here in Niseko it reeeeeally dumps. Monday the 25th was one of those days. This car was cleared off at 13:00 and by 16:00 approximately 25+cm of accumulation of light Hokkaido pow. Night riding is always fun but when this much snow falls in the...
Jan 24, 2013 | Snow Reports
*0cm of fresh snow as fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 07:20 today the temperature was -13°C. A cold morning with overcast conditions. The last 3 days have not brought us any new snow but has produced spectacular fine weather. This has been a welcome...
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...
Mar 30, 2012 | Winter Sports
Niseko = Night Riding Niseko has some of the best night skiing and snowboarding in the world and we thought it would be rude not to hit the mountain during a March snow storm. The upper lifts had been closed all day but we still found plenty of fresh snow riding from...
Mar 25, 2012 | Snow Reports
Sunny Sunday Dusting *1.8cm of fresh snow has fallen since yesterday morning and at 6:00am today the temperature was -3°c. Presently clear with no wind in Hirafu village, hopefully these beautiful conditions will hold throughout the morning. Useful information...