Furano Now: Wednesday 5th February 2025
- Feb 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 379cm
Posted on Wednesday 5th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Good morning skiers and boarders,
Another day, another 7 cm. Kind of topping off the tea cup if you ask me. My clear preference is for lots of snow, all the time, so I get a bit grumpy when that's not happening. But that's just me. Non-powder skiers are more than happy. It's very nice snow. Back-country folk are also happy, seems to be enough out there for them. I don't like to work that hard, so that's on me.
A note to the aforementioned back-country crowd: people are getting lost out there and unfortunately rescues are happening.
A few things to confirm:
--Do you have a map and compass?
--Do you have a whistle?
--Have you told someone where you are going?
--Do you have some kind of GPS locator so you know where you are?
--And very importantly, do you have a GPS messenger (SPOT or Garmin Inreach) so you can call for help if things go south?
--Did you buy the optional rescue insurance?
Frankly, if you don't have the above, you are a lost skier waiting to happen. Hey, go out there. Have fun, but have a plan in place for when things go bad.
Think snow.
Furano Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 5th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 379cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 138cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 31cm 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.