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Furano Now: Friday 15th December 2023

  • Dec 15, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Oct 19, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 174cm

Posted on Friday 15th December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


There is some very light snow falling with almost no wind present. The overall conditions will remain high cloud throughout the day. There is no change to the operating lifts and open courses. Since yesterdays report there has been 5cm of new snow that arrived in yesterdays blizzard conditions.


Furano Zone is open as follows.


Operating lifts:

Furano Ropeway

Furano Romance 2 chair (D).

Prince Romance chair


Open courses:

A1

A2

C1

D1

D2


Kitanomine Zone closed



Furano Now 2023-2024 season

Data as of Friday 15th December 2023 Total snowfall at base 174cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (30th November) November 2023 snowfall 120cm reported on 8 days December 2023 snowfall 54cm reported on 8 days




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