Furano Now: Wednesday 21st January 2026
- Jan 21
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 429cm
Posted on Wednesday 21st January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Good morning skiers & boarders,
It's good. It be good. Another nice snowfall overnight, perhaps up to 30+ cm on top. It's dry. It's fwuffy. It's good.
Ummm, gee, that's all I need to say. Get out there and enjoy.
The only thing that puts a very small damper on the day is the Kitanomine snow escalator is closed for the day due to staff shortages. Seems like a bad cold is going around, so enough lifties were affected that they had to close a lift, and the escalator was first choice.
So, think snow. Pray for lifties.
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Lift A: 8:30--3:30
Lift B: 9:00--3:30
Lift C: 8:30--6:00
Lift D: 8:40--3:30
Lift E: 9:30-3:30
Snow Escalator:9-12:30 & 1:30-3:30
Kitanomine Zone:
Lift F: 8:30--6:00
Lift G: 8:45--3:30
Lift H: 9:00--3:30
Lift K (Gondola): 9:00--3:30
Kitanomine snow escalator: CLOSED today
Furano Now2025-2026 season |
Data as of Wednesday 21st January 2026 Total snowfall at base 429cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (6th December) November 2025 snowfall 45cm reported on 5 days December 2025 snowfall 234cm reported on 22 days January 2026 snowfall 150cm reported on 17 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.