Furano Now: Saturday 28th November 2015
- Nov 28, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 77cm
Posted on Saturday 28th November 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Furano resort up and running today
Furano opened the resort this morning on the side accessible from the New Furano Prince Hotel. They always have a staged opening, and more lifts and gondolas will start operating gradually until the full mountain is humming in about two weeks.
There is about 60cm of snow up top which is a good base. We had considerable fluffy snow yesterday afternoon (following the morning's gluggy snowfall). Between natural melt, gluggy compression, and the fresh snow on top, 60cm is about right.
There was a very light breeze this morning at the base of the Kitanomine Zone, but up top just now, I didn't notice any wind.
Photo 1 is my usual 7am shot of the resort from Kitanomine Village.
Photo 2 was taken at about midday today. It's fresh tracks (and first tracks of the season) at Furano Resort.
The Gondola near New Prince Hotel is operating and one chair lift midway down the upper section of the resort is operating. Possibly more, but that's what we just saw. We are checking.
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th November 2015 Total snowfall at base 77cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (25th and 28th November) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 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.