Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
255–1200 m
Vertical drop
945 m
Pistes advertised
47 km (Niseko United)
Pistes mapped on OSM
73 km (whole area)
Lifts (mapped near village)
30 · 50% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
¥12,500
Passes
Ikon
Avg snowfall (mid)
3.4 m / season
Nearest airport
CTS · 135 min
Brochure vs map. Niseko United advertises 47 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 73 km of piste centrelines.
The map shows more than they advertise. A modest brochure, for once.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
1 cm
Fresh 72 h
11 cm
Next 7 days
5 cm
Snow depth top (model)
1 cm
Now at 1050 m
🌦️ 0°
Now at 255 m
5°
Gusts at top
33 km/h
Freezing level
1,580 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
🌦️
·
-7° / 3°
💨 50
Fri
🌦️
·
-2° / 9°
💨 44
Sat
🌦️
1 cm
-4° / 8°
💨 46
Sun
🌨️
3 cm
-5° / -2°
💨 66
Mon
☁️
·
-8° / 2°
💨 25
Tue
🌦️
·
-8° / 1°
💨 39
Wed
☁️
1 cm
-8° / 0°
💨 58
Thu
☁️
·
-8° / 3°
💨 24
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 1050 m (summit) and 255 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 728 m
Avg snowfall / season
3.4 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
0
Snowy days
86
Avg temp at base
-1.7°
Average snowfall by month · best: Dec
Nov
30
Dec
101
Jan
89
Feb
69
Mar
44
Apr
6
By season: 2022/23: 3.4 m · 1 powder days2023/24: 3.3 m · 0 powder days2024/25: 3.5 m · 0 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
101 cm
~3.1 min
~3.1 min
SWEET SPOT
Jan
89 cm
~4.1 min
~4.1 min
Feb
69 cm
~4.1 min
~4.1 min
Mar
44 cm
~2.9 min
~2.9 min
Apr
6 cm
~1.3 min
~2 min
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Nov 29. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 120 places mapped · 8 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Easy (blue / green)
32 km · 44%
Intermediate (red / blue)
21.5 km · 29%
Advanced (black)
16 km · 22%
Expert
1.8 km · 2%
Freeride / ski route
1.6 km · 2%
Longest named runs
ホリデーコース
3.5 km
シルバードリーム
2.8 km
グリーンコース
1.7 km
ファミリーコース
1.6 km
白樺コース
1.6 km
スーパーコース
1.6 km
だべさ
1.4 km
羊蹄サンセット
1.1 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
16
Clubs
0
Restaurants
85
Mountain huts
0
🍸 Blo*blo🍸 Wild Bills🍸 The Slippery Slope🍸 Niseko Tap Room🍸 Toshiro's Bar🍸 Tomashii🍸 Temporada Tapas Bar🍸 The Edge Bar🍸 Barunba🍸 Splash Bar🍸 Half Note🍸 Gyu Bar🍸 Hirafu Bar🍸 Yoko Oh-No's🍸 The Baddies Niseko🍸 ミルキーズカフェバー
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Nearest major airport: CTS, about 135 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Niseko is a resort area located in Hokkaido, Japan. Officially called the Niseko Tourism Zone (ニセコ観光圏), it consists of three towns: Kutchan Town, Niseko Town, and Rankoshi Town at the foot of Niseko Annupuri. Wikipedia