Furano Now: Monday 23rd January 2017
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 25cm
Snowfall at base this season 352cm
Posted on Monday 23rd January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The snow started late yesterday afternoon and then stopped early evening, and then restarted later. This morning that accumulation amounted to 25cm in the Kitanomine village. Needless to say it is a great day to head out early for a ski. Most trails have been groomed but there will be around 5cm of new snow sitting on top of the grooming. Off piste areas will have substantially more fresh snow than the 25cm at village level. Although there was wind last night most of the snow seems to have escaped any inconsistencies due to wind. Skies are overcast and it is a fairly mild day. However the wind is still with us an is gusting moderately in exposed places on the resort.
Opening, lift & other notes
Lift operation times today are expected to be...
FURANO ZONE
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:30pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:45am-15:30pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:30pm.
Prince Romance chairlift 8:30am-16:30pm.
Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00am-19:30pm
KITANOMINE ZONE
Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-15:30pm
Kitanomine Swift Lift 1 8:30am-19:30pm.
Kitanomine Romance Lift 2 8:45am-15:30pm.
Link Lift 9:00am-15:40pm
(Actual operation and times may change without notification and be different from the above information).
Furano Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 23rd January 2017 Total snowfall at base 352cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 178cm reported on 20 days January 2017 snowfall 64cm reported on 11 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.