Japanese Ski Resorts in Hokkaido Start 2024-25 Season with Best Early-Season Snowfall in 68 Years Japan’s ski season is off to a remarkable start, with several resorts reporting exceptional early-season snowfall. Niseko United, Japanโs largest ski resort on the island of Hokkaido, reports record snowfalls for December. Niseko is experiencing its best start to winter since 1956, with the nearby town of Kutchan recording a snow depth of 145 centimeters (57 inches) on December 30. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 31, 2024 0 Comments
Powder Mondays | Never Die Forever Never Die Forever | Shredding Hakuba Well, it’s Monday again. Here’s a short edit put together by Matt Annetts, Nick Greece, Jeb Stuart, and Casey Wesley from their trip to Japan in February. There’s plenty of blower to be had […] SnowBrains | March 24, 2014 0 Comments
Japan Today = Skiing Downtown, Backflips, Pillows, & Powder Hakuba, Japan gave us cloudy skies, fog, light snow, wind, pillows, and great skiing today. Up high the visibility was low with a thick fog that wouldn’t budge. Just below the fog, the visibility wasn’t too terrible and the snow was superb. Happo-One ski resort currently has a 230cm base and we got about 10 centimeters of new snow during the day. It was just enough snow to cover our tracks from […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 4, 2014 0 Comments