Furano Now: Saturday 4th January 2025
- Jan 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 19, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 242cm
Posted on Saturday 4th January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
God morgon skid- och snowboardåkare,
Shout out to our Swedish fans.
Not much change from yesterday, frankly. Nice and cold. A wee burning of the fingers going on. A whisk of snow. Cloudy with the clouds being trapped by the resort mountains dropping visibility down. The snow is great. People who've never been here don't believe it, but when it's only a few centimeters like today, you can literally blow it off your car windows. You want light and fwuffy powder? We've got the lightest and the fwuffiest. No hype here. Just statement of fact.
Forecast calls for several days of "light snow showers." Better than nothing, I suppose, and adds to the base, but not the El Dumpo that I'm waiting for. Now that we've turned in January, that shouldn't be too far off.
Tänk snö.
All lifts except Kitanomine magic carpet.
Night skiing until 7:30 PM on both sides.
Furano Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Saturday 4th January 2025 Total snowfall at base 242cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (1st December) November 2024 snowfall 37cm reported on 6 days December 2024 snowfall 173cm reported on 21 days January 2025 snowfall 32cm reported on 4 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.