Furano Now: Monday 28th December 2015
- Dec 28, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 41cm
Snowfall at base this season 340cm
Posted on Monday 28th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Chest deep will have to do today...
Ha!
I just asked some boarders who came in for an early lunch how it was on the hill at Furano today, and they said, 'well it's midday and there is still waist deep powder'.
So OK then. I do love understatement. Apparently some sidecountry runs are chest deep, too. Heh, heh, heh.
Bit breezy but not windy, snow falling-falling-falling, a good metre of fresh up top in places. Yesterday was my day off and I cleared my driveway in Kitanomine twice, 25cm at about 9am and another 20ish at around 4pm. I like clearing snow. The resort is reporting 10-15cm of snow which seems very conservative indeed.
It was -7C when I crossed the Sorachi river just now to come and tell you it is snowing and there is a lot of snow. That's really all there is to say now. It's very nice. It's very snowy.
I am sorry if you went to night ski last night on my advice. I got the kids rugged up and hyped up at 6pm for this purpose only to discover it wasn't on in Kitanomine Zone like I thought it was. I checked this morning and they did run it but just for safety checks. So that is closed. Not open. But tonight it is open. Hope you found somewhere to sled yesterday evening - that's what we did.
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Data as of Monday 28th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 340cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (5th December) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 263cm reported on 17 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.