NISEKO NOW! SnowJapan.Com Report from Sunday, 22nd January 2012 14:17:18 January 22 2012, 2:17pm via snowjapan.com

The snow that has been coming down is very heavy. Right now it wouldn't be wise to do any backcountry traveling. The terrain around Niseko is extremely 'slabby', this means the snow is not bonding well with the layer created by sun and warm temps from the past two .....