Furano Now: Friday 22nd December 2017
- Dec 22, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 15, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 285cm
Posted on Friday 22nd December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
It is a warm morning at -2c and the town temperature should rise to a high of 0c. It is snowing very lightly and has been since last night, depositing a nice layer of 4cm of fresh snow on the ground. Due to the warm temperatures this is not quite as powdery as usual. Tomorrow looks like we will get a good bit of sunshine and rumor has it the Kitanomine Gondola may start operations for the season....wooohooo.
Furano Zone open.
Kitanomine Zone partially open. Kitanomine Gondola closed.
Furano Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 22nd December 2017 Total snowfall at base 285cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (5th December) November 2017 snowfall 125cm reported on 13 days December 2017 snowfall 160cm reported on 18 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.