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Furano Now: Saturday 11th January 2014

  • Jan 11, 2014
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 264cm

Posted on Saturday 11th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


The very cold temperatures continue with an extra layer definitely needed.


The winds are freshly coming from the west and are light but may have the odd swirl to mix things up. The Gondola and ropeway is the warmest way up this morning. The slopes are smooth and we have had just enough fall overnight to give a nice coating of dry snow to refresh the slopes.


Though its a long weekend there will plenty of room out there to get some great turns.


Operating lifts:


Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-3:00pm

Kitanomine high speed quad 8:30am-20:00pm

Kitanomine 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm

Link Lift 9:00am-15:20pm

Furano Ropeway 8:30am-3:20pm

Furano Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00-8:00pm

Downhill Romance 2 chair 8:45am-3:20pm

Downhill Romance 3 chair 9:00am-3:20pm

Prince Romance 8:30am - 4:00pm



Furano Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Saturday 11th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 264cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (14th and 16th December) November 2013 snowfall 30cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 155cm reported on 13 days January 2014 snowfall 79cm reported on 10 days




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