Furano Now: Sunday 16th December 2018
- Dec 16, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 153cm
Posted on Sunday 16th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Lets start with a quick overview of the mountain operation status. The Furano Zone is basically fully open with trails and lifts open allowing skiing all over that side of the mountain from top to bottom. Kitanomine is open but the skiing is extremely limited with the Gondola and front face closed. The Link chair and run are open meaning you can ski over from the Furano Zone to Kitanomine Zone. The situation is not well signposted or obvious on the Kitanomine side, but the gondola terminal building can be accessed and the ticket office inside there is operating.
There has been 2cm of snow since yesterdays report. It is warmer this morning at -3c and the temperature will rise above freezing around midday and then not freeze again until late evening.
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 Zone OPEN.
Kitanomine Zone PARTIALLY OPEN.
Kitanomine Gondola CLOSED.
Furano Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Sunday 16th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 153cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 41cm (30th November) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 84cm reported on 12 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.