Furano Now: Sunday 15th December 2024
- Dec 15, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 11cm
Snowfall at base this season 134cm
Posted on Sunday 15th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Bonjour skieurs et snowboardeurs,
11 cm of new snow, and very fwuffy. Brushes right off the car. It's not ideal, but 10 cm here and 10 cm there and it eventually adds up.
Big news today is that the groomers are working on the G1 run, so maybe Kitanomine will open on the 21st. The run formerly known as Giant (now called the very clever G3) still has lots of bush still sticking out, so definitely need some more for full operations. The resort snow report (aka The Man) says the depth at the base is 40 cm (on top is allegedly 105 cm), and I basically agree with that. We have snow, it is snowing every day, but it really hasn't built up that much. Dribs and drabs.
Ten more shopping days until Christmas.
Think snow.
Ropeway, Lifts C & D.
Furano Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 134cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (1st December) November 2024 snowfall 37cm reported on 6 days December 2024 snowfall 97cm reported on 9 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.