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Today in Niseko · Fri 23 Oct

Is it a powder day in Niseko?Nope.

No new snow, and nothing big in the next 7 days. Groomer life.

0/100Powder score
  • ▼ Rain at the base (6 mm)
  • Raining in town (13 mm / 24 h)

How is this scored?

Fresh · last 24 h
0cm
Summit 4 cm
Next 24 h
0cm
Summit & mid-mountain
Next big snow
None
Nothing ≥ 10 cm in 7 days
Town now
12°
Kutchan · 176 m

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Next 48 hours

Mountain forecast

No snow forecast on the mountain in the next 48 hours.

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  • Snow, summit (cm/h)
  • Rain, base (mm/h)
  • Temperature, mid-mountain
  • Night
Show as a table
Time (JST)Snow summit (cm)Rain base (mm)
Fri 12:000.00.0
Fri 15:000.00.0
Fri 18:000.00.0
Fri 21:000.00.0
Sat 00:000.00.0
Sat 03:000.00.0
Sat 06:000.00.0
Sat 09:000.00.0
Sat 12:000.00.0
Sat 15:000.00.0
Sat 18:000.00.0
Sat 21:000.00.0
Sun 00:000.00.0
Sun 03:000.00.0
Sun 06:000.00.0
Sun 09:000.00.0

7-day mountain forecast

Summit ~1,300 m · base ~280 m
  1. Today23 Oct

    0 cm

    Summit −1°/5° · Base 12°

  2. Sat24 Oct

    0 cm

    Summit 1°/8° · Base 14°

  3. Sun25 Oct

    0 cm

    Summit 2°/7° · Base 14°

  4. Mon26 Oct

    0 cm

    Summit −2°/2° · Base 9°

  5. Tue27 Oct

    12 mm rain at base

    <1 cm

    Summit −2°/3° · Base 9°

  6. Wed28 Oct

    Mid 2 cm12 mm rain at baseLift holds possible

    8 cm

    Summit −3°/0° · Base 7°

  7. Thu29 Oct

    1 mm rain at base

    <1 cm

    Summit −3°/1° · Base 7°

Model: JMA MSM/GSM (jma_seamless) via Open-Meteo; gusts & freezing level from Open-Meteo best match. Forecasts are estimates — mountains make their own weather.

This season

Kutchan town · 176 m

The 2026-27 season starts on 1 November. Last season (2025-26) Kutchan had 750 cm of snow — 87% of the average of the 9 winters before it.

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Right now in Kutchan

Town station · 176 m · not the mountain

Measured by the Japan Meteorological Agency in Kutchan town, a few kilometres from the lifts and over 1,000 m below the summit. Usually less snow and warmer than on the mountain.

Snow depth
—
Not measured yet this season
New snow · 24 h
—
Not measured yet this season
Temperature
12°
Today’s gust max 8 m/s
Wind
4m/s
from the S
Rain/snow · 24 h
13mm
Last hour 0 mm

Observed 10:00 JST · 1 h ago · JMA station 倶知安 (Kutchan) #16217