It was a cold white Christmas and Niseko celebrated on the slopes and in town! Currently 21 lifts are running to get you up skiing or snowboarding and most of the inbound-terrain is on! The snow forecast for next week looks good and should bring in the 2011 at the 2 meter+ mark. Snowboard and Ski events are happening in Hanazono and the lively pulse of the local bars and restaurants are going off after the day on the slopes ends. Celebrate! Happ

The biggest snowfall of the season so far has blanketed us in Niseko and is still coming down! We have high hopes of it boxing us in for a while! The Niseko forecast looks good this week and we will let you know when our lift system starts running! Avalanche course! If you have not done this already and have the love for backcountry, this is a good time to sign up for an avalanche awareness course in Niseko to get some hands on experience. Alread