- your guide
to all things Niseko
Yesterday was another fine, mild and sunny day with a top temperature near 13 degrees at the base of the mountain. Today the wind is picking up and there's a high overcast increasing from the west. A low…
April 7 2011, 11:00am | Comments »
Another beautiful Spring day up north with not a cloud in the sky. It was cool overnight getting down to -6 in Kutchan but it's warming up rapidly in the sunshine. The snow is firm in the morning…
April 5 2011, 11:06am | Comments »
Well winter returned to Hokkaido last night. We started out with some light rain in the evening which quickly turned to heavy sleet and then snow. Today has been snowing pretty heavily and it is very windy which…
April 2 2011, 12:32pm | Comments »
Similar day today to the last few days. Partly cloudy and mild. We are expecting the approaching low pressure system to start affecting us later in the day though with the passage of a warm front bringing some…
April 1 2011, 1:08pm | Comments »
Nothing really new to report. The fine and mild weather continues. The nights are still cool though, Kutchan got down to -5 last night. Today has been partly cloudy and hazy with temps getting up to 8 degrees…
March 31 2011, 3:26pm | Comments »
Today has been mostly cloudy although it's cleared a little this afternoon. Temperatures are mild and the snow is in pretty rapid melt down low. Very slushy snow on the lower slopes but still pretty firm up top.…
March 30 2011, 2:37pm | Comments »
Beautiful bluebird Spring day up this way. The wind up high is still quite strong but all lifts are still running, a couple of them slowed though. No new snow since last report and the mountain is moving…
March 29 2011, 12:57pm | Comments »
Nothing much to report. It has remained fine and reasonably mild since yesterday just dipping down to freezing overnight and although this morning started out quite sunny it is now overcast. It's expected to start cooling down later…
March 20 2011, 2:34pm | Comments »
As expected it has warmed up rapidly today with a SW airstream bringing up very mild air. The wind is strong and has affected the top lifts in Grand Hirafu. Other areas seem fully operational. The warm temps…
March 19 2011, 2:33pm | Comments »
Yesterday remained fine and sunny throughout the day and temperatures got up to a mild 5 degrees in the village. Overnight a low pressure system approached the NW of Hokkaido and a warm front passed over the region…
March 14 2011, 9:59am | Comments »
Yesterday remained mostly fine but around midnight a band of precipitation moved through with a sleet/rain mix falling at lower levels for a couple of hours. This did fall as snow higher up though and it was also…
March 13 2011, 10:55am | Comments »
Yesterday remained clear and sunny througout the day to round off what was a very dry and sunny February. It was the 3rd sunniest Feb on record. You'd have to go back to 1972 to have experienced a…
March 1 2011, 10:02am | Comments »