Furano Now: Friday 18th November 2016
- Nov 18, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 71cm
Posted on Friday 18th November 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
We are back into a warm spell with the weather and +4c certainly feels toasty compared to the recent freezing temps that we have been getting used to. The rain that was on the forecast arrived today and it is raining heavily right at the moment at village level. On the upper mountain there is some light snow coming down.
The good news is that Furano Ski Area will open tomorrow, commencing the 2016/17 ski season. This is one week ahead of the target opening date of 26 November due to really good early season snowfalls.
The information received from the resort for operations tomorrow 19 November are as follows:
Furano Zone will be partially open with Furano Ropeway operating to upload and download skiers to and from the upper mountain. It is not possible to ski from the top to bottom of the mountain yet. The skiable lift will be the Downhill Romance no.2 chair and the skiable courses will be the upper part of Sailer Course which is approximately 800m in length and Shirakaba Course 740m. If you are feeling like some food on the mountain Restaurant Downhill will be open.
Kitanomine Zone - closed.
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:00pm for uploading/downloading only.
Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:40am-15:00pm
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Data as of Friday 18th November 2016 Total snowfall at base 71cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 71cm reported on 9 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.