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Furano Now: Wednesday 17th December 2025

  • Dec 17, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Apr 10

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 251cm

Posted on Wednesday 17th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


Hello Skiers & Boarders,


Things are still looking up. Some more snow yesterday. The threatened heat wave for the weekend has been toned down a little, with now only 2 days above freezing, and down to 9 C instead of 11 C on Saturday. At least that's single digits.


Kitanomine is set to open on Monday, Dec 22. BUT, but, but....they sure are doing quite a bit of grooming today. Could it be they open for the weekend? That would be awesome. Monday was weird anyways. Who the heck opens on a Monday??? It's like you're trying to make people NOT come. Anyways, we can keep our fingers crossed that the resort will choose to open on Saturday.


Downtown is in pure winter maze mode, much earlier than usual. I'm taking that as a positive sign that it will be a killer season!


Only 8 more shopping days until Christmas.


Think snow. Think cold. Think OPEN KITANOMINE!!


Opening, lift & other notes


Ropeway + Lift D 8:30 -- 15:10

Lift B (aka Furano Quad) 9:00 -- 15:10

Lift C 8:30 -- 18:00

*The A2 & B1 runs are open all the way to the base.



Furano Now

2025-2026 season

Data as of Wednesday 17th December 2025


Total snowfall at base

251cm

Number of days snowfall observed at base

19 days

Most snowfall observed in 1 day

30cm (6th December)

November 2025 snowfall

45cm reported on 5 days

December 2025 snowfall

206cm reported on 14 days





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