Furano Now: Tuesday 17th March 2020
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 404cm
Posted on Tuesday 17th March 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
There has been a fresh fall of 2cm of powder snow in the village this morning. The sun is out and it is partially cloudy right now and forecast to be cloudy through the day. The temperature of -6c will rise to just above freezing later in the day.
Furano Ropeway remains closed as a measure to prevent the spread of Corona Virus, but other than that all lifts are operating. It looks like a great spring skiing day with temperatures not getting too warm.
Operating lifts:
Kitanomine Gondola
Kitanomine Romance Chair
Kitanomine quad chair
Kitanomine Snow Escalator
Link lift
Furano Ropeway CLOSED
Furano Downhill chair 1
Furano Downhill chair 2
Furano Downhill chair 3
Prince Romance chair
Furano Snow Escalator
Kitanomine Zone: Open
Furano Zone: Open
Furano Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 17th March 2020 Total snowfall at base 404cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (19th November) November 2019 snowfall 84cm reported on 7 days December 2019 snowfall 91cm reported on 15 days January 2020 snowfall 114cm reported on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 98cm reported on 13 days March 2020 snowfall 17cm reported on 7 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.