Furano Now: Thursday 20th December 2018
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 220cm
Posted on Thursday 20th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Temperatures are colder this morning and you can sure feel that when you step outside. There were some moderate winds gusts earlier this morning. Conditions are calmer now but I would expect some wind around the top of the resort. It is partly cloudy but possible some sun may get through the breaks in the clouds. The upper mountain is shrouded in cloud. Overnight there has been a further 9cm of new snow. All eyes are on Kitanomine as to when the Gondola will operate...there has been no official word from the resort on this yet and I suspect it won't be today. Hopefully the front face of the Kitanomine quad chair will be opened as there certainly is more than enough snow coverage now.
Open trails Kitanomine Zone:
Link course
Rinkan course
Open trails Furano Zone:
Panorama
Shirakaba
Spies
Sailer
Prince
Open lifts:
Prince Romance chair
Downhill Romance 2 chair
Downhill Romance 3 chair
Furano Ropeway
Kitanomine quad chair
Kitanomine 2 chair
Link chair
Furano Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 20th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 220cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (19th December) November 2018 snowfall 69cm reported on 6 days December 2018 snowfall 151cm reported on 15 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.