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Australia's 2026 Season Starting With Fresh Snow
Mother Nature has delivered across the Australian Alps with near perfect timing for the start of the 2026 snow season tomorrow at most of the country's leading resorts, Saturday 6 June.
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Niseko Grand Hirafu at 706 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 am (local time) / 06 Jun 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 60.0mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat night, near gales from the SSE by Mon afternoon). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 17.0mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night). | |||||||||||||||||
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light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | mod. rain | |
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4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | |
max °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
min °C | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | |
85 | 95 | 93 | 84 | 83 | 94 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 97 | 95 | 98 | 84 | 67 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 96 | |
3050 | 2950 | 3000 | 3250 | 3250 | 3150 | 3150 | 3350 | 2550 | 1800 | 1800 | 1750 | 1950 | 2400 | 2600 | 2550 | 2650 | 2650 | |
 | 3:59 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — | 3:58 | — | — |
 | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:15 | — |
Avalanche information: Japan Avalanche Network
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Niseko Grand Hirafu Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 4 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Hokkaido are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 1 of June has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Niseko Grand Hirafu at the specific elevation of 706 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Niseko Grand Hirafu. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Japan.
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Resort name is also written as Niseko Hirafu.
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Grand Hirafu
Overall 3.9 Based on 81 votes and 120 reviews
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- Nigel Wright from Australia writes:
Definitely spring skiing conditions now. Only top skiing well atm, but that's becoming heavier too. Freeze thaw, but hey it's still fun and besides, think of all of the many worse things that you could be doing.
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Grand Hirafu
Nigel Wright from Australia writes:
Definitely spring skiing conditions now. Only top skiing well atm, but that's becoming heavier too. Freeze thaw, but hey it's still fun and besides, think of all of the many worse things that you could be doing.
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