Furano Now: Monday 26th December 2016
- Dec 26, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Posted on Monday 26th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The weekend provided some great skiing on the snow that was delivered by the storm last week. Notably the temperatures were very cold on both Saturday and Sunday morning, and some kind of face mask was required to ward off the stinging cold. Apart from that small inconvenience those who made it out on Saturday were rewarded with some fantastic December powder skiing and there were plenty of opportunities for fresh tracks. On Sunday, Kitanomine Gondola started operation giving access to the upper half the Kitanomine slopes for the first time.
Today there is high cloud sitting above the resort and it doesn't look like we will see any sun during the day. Light snow is coming down, but it is very fine and wont accumulate to much. There may be some moderate snow overnight and then from Thursday continuous snow is on the forecast for at least three days. There was 2cm of snow yesterday so there wont be any untracked snow to ski today but the groomed slopes are in beautiful condition for carving.
The 2cm of new snow in today's report fell mid morning yesterday and was not reported yesterday.
FURANO ZONE
Furano Ropeway 8:30am-15:00pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 2 chairlift 8:40am-15:00pm.
Furano Downhill Romance 3 chairlift 9:00am-15:00pm.
Prince Romance chairlift 8:30am-16:30pm.
Downhill Swift Lift 1 9:00am-19:30pm
KITANOMINE:
Kitanomine Gondola 9:00am-15:00pm
Kitanomine Swift Lift 1 8:30am-15:00pm.
Kitanomine Romance Lift 2 8:40am-15:00pm.
Link Lift 8:45am-15:10pm
(Actual operation and times may change without notification).
Furano Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Monday 26th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (8th November) November 2016 snowfall 110cm reported on 19 days December 2016 snowfall 149cm reported on 16 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.