Furano Now: Friday 17th January 2025
- Jan 17, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 308cm
Posted on Friday 17th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Good morning skiers and boarders,
Woke up to snow coming down, and it's still coming down. I measured 6 cm at the SnowJapan weather station, all of that coming this morning. So freshest of the fresh powder right now, right out of the sky. Get your manna while it's hot.
Fair warning: It looks like there will be a warming event on Monday, Jan 20. Temps forecast to rise to +4 C. Man I hate writing stuff like that. Anyway, the same day as Trump's inauguration. Coincidence? You decide.
In case I haven't mentioned before, Lift B on the Furano side is closed for at least several weeks because of a mechanical failure. Looks like new parts must be fabricated. This increases traffic at the Ropeway.
Question of the day: When will the Kitanomine magic carpet open? Will it ever open? Is it also broken? Is there a conspiracy afoot?
According to my Intel sources, it is not broken, but they are "waiting for more snow" so they can build the big pile at the bottom to stop uber-beginners and kids on sleds from missiling into the restaurant. True? You decide.
Think snow.
Furano: All lifts except B.
Kitanomine: All lifts except magic carpet.
Night skiing until 6:00 PM on both sides.
Furano Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 17th January 2025 Total snowfall at base 308cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (1st December) November 2024 snowfall 37cm reported on 6 days December 2024 snowfall 173cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 98cm 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.