Furano Now: Saturday 17th December 2016
- Dec 17, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 214cm
Posted on Saturday 17th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The big news of the day is that Kitanomine is now open, although just a partial opening for now.
The Kitanomine Swift Lift 1, Kitanomine Romance Lift 2 and Link Lift started operation today. The front face of Kitanomine is not skiable but the Link Run is open and so is the Rinkan Course which takes you back to the Kitanomine quad lift. People staying in Kitanomine can now use the lift system to get over to the Furano Zone, as well as ski the Rinkan course in Kitanomine.
The following courses are expected to be open today:
Technical
Panorama
Spies
Sailer
Prince
Todomatsu
Link Course
Rinkan Course
Opening, lift & other notes
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:00pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:40am-15:00pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:00pm.
Prince Romance chairlift 9:00am-19:30pm.
Kitanomine Swift Lift 1
Kitanomine Romance Lift 2
Link Lift
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Data as of Saturday 17th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 214cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 104cm reported on 13 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.