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Record Snowfall Kicks Off Niseko’s 2025 Season
Niseko’s Just Getting Started! As we gear up to welcome 2025, Niseko is already celebrating with one of its best early-season snow starts in years! By December 17th, the area had recorded an incredible 142cm of snow—its [...]
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Hakuba Snowfall at a 10-Year High, Christmas Storm to Bring Even More Snow!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… …for shredders across Japan, as ski resorts nationwide are off to an absolute flyer! While Niseko continues to make headlines with their heaviest snowfall in decades, Honshuâ [...]
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Catch The First Tracks: 2025 New Zealand Early Birds Have Arrived!
Nothing beats a New Zealand ski holiday… except securing the best deal by getting in early! Following on from an epic season with plenty of snow and unlimited breathtaking mountain vistas, demand for the 2025 season in both [...]
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La Niña Serves Up Early, Plentiful Fresh Powder To Japan!
La Niña is already delivering the goods with colder temperatures and consistent snowfall – the taps are on full blast with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. As we head into the season, the numbers are already looking [...]
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Grasshopper’s North American 2024-2025 Snow Season Outlook, November Update
Even a weak La Nina is good news for resorts in British Columbia, with expected above average precipitation, below average temps and more days like this in Whistler Blackcomb. Photo Whistler/Blackcomb Mountainwatch | The Grassho [...]
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2024-2025 North American Snow Season Outlook
What La Niña Could Mean for Some of Our Favourite Resorts Cold, smoke powder in Fernie, BC during a La Nina winter in December 2021. Photo: Steve Reed Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper We’ve recently seen a few early snowfalls [...]
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Grasshopper’s 2024-2025 Japan Snow Season Outlook – Potential La Niña Could Deliver the Goods
Drew Jolowizc, deep turns in the Nozawa during the La Nina winter in January 2023. Photo; Dylan Robinson Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper With the Australian snow season not as memorable as we might’ve hoped we now turn our gaz [...]
Top Five Things to do in Queenstown this Winter
Night skiing at Coronet Peak. Photo: NZSki.com Mountainwatch | Travel Queenstown is known as the fun and adventure capital of the world and in winter you can add snow, taking it to another level. It’s must-visit destination t [...]
Grasshopper’s New Zealand 2024 Snow Season Outlook – Colder Winter with Small But Frequent Top-Ups for South Island Resorts
The Remarkables on a powder day is something special and climate drivers are pointing to cold temps and regular top-ups for the 2024 season. Photo: NZSki.com Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper As we reach the tail-end of autumn, [...]
Guide To Wanaka – Gateway to Some of New Zealand’s Best Skiing and Snowboarding
Fresh tracks in Treble Cone – an enticing reason to head to Wanaka this winter. Photo: Treble Cone Mountainwatch | Matt Wiseman As temperatures drop and the softer autumn light takes hold our thoughts turn to winter with finge [...]
Tohoku – Exploring Honshu’s Northern Region
Drew Jolowizc deep in the trees at Ani, one of the Tohoku’s powder-filled resorts. Photo: Dylan Robinson Sponsored content Mountainwatch | Jimmy Williams Tohoku is the northern most region of Japan’s main island, Honshu, con [...]
Calico Unveils Two New Restaurant Openings in Japan.
Calico restaurant, the heartbeat of Bali’s surf scene, is set to blaze a trail of good times with the grand openings of two new locations in Japan’s snowboarder paradise – and just in time for winter. Following t [...]
