A beautiful morning, 10 cms of fresh snow in the Niseko overnight

Click to Play

8 lifts are expected to be up and running in Hanazono/Hirafu.
Currently the snow depth at the base is 40 cms and 80 up top. Wind chill is down to - 14 with a day time high of - 1.
West northwesterly winds should be generally moderate throughout the day.

Niseko Hanazono TV’s Daily Powder Report 8th December 2009

The typical Niseko Powder snow is falling.. This storm cycle has delivered around 40cms of fresh up top.

Checking around the mountain:
New terrain and lifts are opening daily as the season kicks off.
Currently the snow depth at the base is 35cms and 70 up top.
The forecast suggests wind chill down to -10 with a day time high of 1.
West northwesterly winds should be generally light today.

Hanazono lift 3 in Niseko Japan opened today

More terrain for us to ski and snowboard... yoo... :))))

On mountain twiddeo at Niseko Japan

Niseko ski patrol report 50 cms up top of powdery snow. The average mountain snow depth is 27 cms. More Pow on the way on Sunday... :)))

Hanazono in Niseko Japan

Click to Play

Skiing in Hanazono Niseko Powder

Click to Play

The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsula and after filling with moisture on their way across the Sea of Japan these massive fronts collide and Hanazono in Niseko is the first place in their path dumping up to 16 metres of snow in a season... The water content of the snow is usually around 8% creating extremely light n fluffy powder snow....

Stomping Ground Hanazono Hokkaidos No.1 Terrain Park & Half Pipe

Hanazono Niseko has 4 awesome Terrain Parks and Hokkaidos only FIS Half Pipe.