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Furano Now: Tuesday 10th January 2017

  • Jan 10, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 306cm

Posted on Tuesday 10th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


It feels good to be able to report a decent amount of snow this morning, although not a mega number, 7 cm at village level is significant and I would expect up to 15cm on the mountain. More important than today's 7cm though is the fact that there will be continuous snow for the next 6 days at least. Don't expect too much in the way of sun over the next 6 days as it is likely to be overcast each day.


The weather is being nice today as well, being mostly cloudy, but some pretty big gaps in the clouds are letting good lighting through so there are no issues with visibility as I write this report now.


Opening, lift & other notes


Lift operation times are expected to be...


FURANO ZONE

Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:20pm.

Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:40am-15:20pm.

Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:20pm.

Prince Romance chairlift 8:30am-16:30pm.

Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00am-19:30pm


KITANOMINE ZONE

Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-15:20pm

Kitanomine Swift Lift 1 8:30am-19:30pm.

Kitanomine Romance Lift 2 8:45am-15:20pm.

Link Lift 9:00am-15:30pm


(Actual operation and times may change without notification and be different from the above information).



Furano Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Tuesday 10th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 306cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 178cm reported on 20 days January 2017 snowfall 18cm reported on 6 days




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