Furano Now: Monday 24th February 2020
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 374cm
Posted on Monday 24th February 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Winds turned strong yesterday in the afternoon and it was pretty unpleasant out on the mountain. Even visibility around town was difficult at times with the horizontal incoming slow. This morning is a lot calmer, although there still is light winds and sometime moderate gusts at base level right now. It is partially cloudy giving good visibility with morning sum breaking through. There is 15cm of new snow and this is very wet and heavy around the village.
Operating lifts:
Kitanomine Gondola
Kitanomine Romance Chair
Kitanomine quad chair
Kitanomine Snow Escalator
Link lift
Furano Ropeway
Furano Downhill chair 1
Furano Downhill chair 2
Furano Downhill chair 3
Prince Romance chair
Furano Snow Escalator
Kitanomine Zone: Open
Furano Zone: Open
Furano Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Monday 24th February 2020 Total snowfall at base 374cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (19th November) November 2019 snowfall 84cm reported on 7 days December 2019 snowfall 91cm reported on 15 days January 2020 snowfall 114cm reported on 16 days February 2020 snowfall 85cm reported on 10 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.