10 cm of fresh snow has accumulated in Niseko in the 12 hours to 7am.
Conditions at Hirafu midway station (820m)
Snowfall estimated: 20 cm
Temperature: -10 °C
Wind: WNW 3.8 m/s
Conditions observed in Niseko Town (139m)
Snowfall observed: 10 cm
Temperature: -7 °C
Wind: WNW 1 m/s
I can see the beautiful moon and starts clearly now at 6 am. Yesterday I decided to not go back country because of heavy snow fall which wasn’t expected and the sun never showed up. However I had great 3 runs at Annupuri. Tracks from a day before were almost fully reset.
Another great weekend has started. I’m going to Niseko Village and get the early gondola today. I hope all tracks is reset again. If you woke up to late, you have another chance tomorrow. (Time: 7:30am – 8:30am Fee:/¥1,400) I believe snow is great everywhere anyway, have an another great powder day!
Hopefully the sun shows up sometime during this weekend before next storm is coming…
– Maiko :)
