Furano Now: Saturday 18th February 2017
- Feb 18, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 467cm
Posted on Saturday 18th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
It has been an epic day in Furano with 15cm of new snow at village level and 40cm at the top of the resort...wow 40cm. Needless to say there was amazing powder skiing through the day with plenty of whoo hoo's being heard as people got their powder fill. While there were moderate and sometimes strong winds blowing, the Kitanomine Gondola managed to keep going.
Looking forward, the forecast looks excellent with light snow continuing over the weekend and then on Monday heavy snow is predicted.
FURANO ZONE
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:50pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:45am-15:50pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:50pm.
Prince Romance chairlift 8:30am-16:30pm.
Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00am-19:30pm
KITANOMINE ZONE
Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-15:50pm.
Kitanomine Swift Lift 1 8:30am-19:30pm.
Kitanomine Romance Lift 2 8:45am-15:50pm.
Link Lift 9:00am-16:00pm
Furano Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 18th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 467cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 62 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 178cm reported on 20 days January 2017 snowfall 126cm reported on 15 day February 2017 snowfall 53cm reported on 8 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.