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Furano Now: Saturday 15th December 2018

  • Dec 15, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 151cm

Posted on Saturday 15th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


There is a nice new layer of powder of 4cm on the ground, and Saturday morning brings clear skies and sunshine. The resort will open the Kitanomine side this morning. The Kitanomine quad lift and Kitanomine 2 chair will be operating and the skiable trail will be the Rinkan course only. Due to minimal snow coverage the front face of Kitanomine will not open. The link lift will also operate connecting both sides of the resort. It is great to see both sides of the mountain now open and this will certainly more evenly spread the skiers across the resort. On the Furano side the lower part of Spies course has been opened up. Temperatures will be warmer tomorrow and may bring some rain.


Open trails Kitanomine Zone:

Link course

Rinkan course


Open trails Furano Zone:

Panorama

Shirakaba

Spies

Sailer

Prince


Open lifts:

Prince Romance chair

Downhill Romance 2 chair

Downhill Romance 3 chair

Furano Ropeway

Kitanomine quad chair

Kitanomine 2 chair

Link chair



Furano Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Saturday 15th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (30th November) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 82cm reported on 11 days




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