Niseko Announce New Gondola
Niseko Village has confirmed a major lift expansion that will reshape access on the southern side of the Niseko United ski area, with a new gondola scheduled to open next winter and a second stage planned for 2027–28.
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Niseko Village at 280 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 12.0mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
max °C | 26 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 |
min °C | 21 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
chill °C | 21 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
Humid % | 52 | 81 | 55 | 56 | 91 | 73 | 67 | 94 | 69 | 62 | 89 | 85 | 97 | 96 | 85 | 73 | 90 |
Freeze m | 4350 | 4200 | 4200 | 4400 | 4300 | 4250 | 4350 | 4450 | 4550 | 4650 | 4750 | 4600 | 4550 | 4250 | 4200 | 4350 | 4400 |
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 | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 6:23 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 4 May 2026 |
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Week 3 of August 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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Visitor Reviews of Niseko Village
Overall 4.4 Based on 1 vote and 3 reviews
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- Stu from South Korea writes:
This mountain rocks, everyday is a powder day and it didn't seem like it was snowing that hard when I was there (12-16th Jan) but the flakes just keep floating down all through the night. Higashiyama is only good at the top slopes by the Ace Pair lift or if you ski down from the Prince gondola and take a short hike up to Panorama gate and then continue through the trees. But head over to An'nupuri an there is just great powder everywhere and nice easy tree runs with nothing too steep. Good if you are skiing/boarding pow for the first time! Spent an entire day on this side and was planning on exploring the Hirafu side but the wind picked up and the lifts got shut down...this seems to be a not uncommon occurrence! Downside to Higashiyama is night life is non-existent. You need to take a 20 min bus over to the main village in Hirafu and even this is pretty quiet when compared to something like Whistler or Val d'Isere
Visitor Reviews of Niseko Village
Stu from South Korea writes:
This mountain rocks, everyday is a powder day and it didn't seem like it was snowing that hard when I was there (12-16th Jan) but the flakes just keep floating down all through the night.
Higashiyama is only good at the top slopes by the Ace Pair lift or if you ski down from the Prince gondola and take a short hike up to Panorama gate and then continue through the trees. But head over to An'nupuri an there is just great powder everywhere and nice easy tree runs with nothing too steep. Good if you are skiing/boarding pow for the first time!
Spent an entire day on this side and was planning on exploring the Hirafu side but the wind picked up and the lifts got shut down...this seems to be a not uncommon occurrence!
Downside to Higashiyama is night life is non-existent. You need to take a 20 min bus over to the main village in Hirafu and even this is pretty quiet when compared to something like Whistler or Val d'Isere
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