Furano Now: Friday 23rd December 2016
- Dec 23, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 29cm
Snowfall at base this season 243cm
Posted on Friday 23rd December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
There is good news and not so good news out of Furano this morning. The good news is that we have been hit by a snow storm that arrived yesterday afternoon and has delivered a significant amount of snow. At the moment 29cm has accumulated since yesterday in the Kitanomine village.
The not so good news is that the snow storm has come with much wind. At village level the winds went from strong yesterday to severe overnight and back to strong. On the ski area itself wind is between strong and severe at the moment and this means that the resort is not able to operate any lifts except for the Prince Romance lift on the Furano Zone.
Around the resort there are some very deep drift areas of snow and some roads in Kitanomine have drifts up to a metre high and will require grading before cars can get out or use the roads.
Snow is expected to continue to fall during the day but the winds should start to reduce in intensity from now on.
Courses expected to be open today:
Prince Course & Todomatsu Course only.
Furano Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 23rd December 2016 Total snowfall at base 243cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 133cm reported on 14 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.