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Furano Now: Saturday 10th December 2016

  • Dec 10, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 13cm
Snowfall at base this season 183cm

Posted on Saturday 10th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


Good morning on a Saturday, and what a great day it is looking. The news today is that the resort has opened another lift. This time it is the Prince Romance lift for beginners. Night skiing will also start from tonight on this lift with the Prince Romance Course being the night skiing course for now, and open until 19:30pm.


Lift operations aside there is good news on the snow front too, with 13cm of very light snow blanketing the village this morning. The weather is moderate snow with low cloud, but no wind. The snow should continue all day and the forecast is saying that tonight will be the heaviest fall. Fingers crossed we wake up tomorrow to find the same as today or better.


Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:00pm.

Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:40am-15:00pm.

Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:00pm.

Prince Romance chairlift 9:00am-19:30pm.



Furano Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Saturday 10th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 183cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 26 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 73cm reported on 7 days




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