Furano Now: Thursday 7th January 2016
- Jan 7, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 465cm
Posted on Thursday 7th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Back to the dry, light snow we know and love.
Last night I had a night ski and was pleased and relieved to find dry and light Central Hokkaido snow under my skis and falling all around.
I have been loving the powder until now but with warmer low temperatures, it hasn't always been the ultra dry snow you cannot pack or roll snow-abdomens and craniums with. It's been great, but it hasn't been what we're used to.
Last night there was still knee deep snow on the side of the runs right down low in Kitanomine zone. That's pretty awesome and tells me the powder stashes and pockets up high must be really deep.
At 7am today, 5cm of fresh had fallen since the previous 7am check. Just in the hour I skied last night at least 2cm fell. But it compacts and drifts around.
The resort is now (at 7am) estimating the top of the resort's base at 2.6m which is great.
This morning it was -10C up top and -8C at the base of the resort. Now it's about -5C in Kitanomine Village which I reckon is perfect. No wind so it doesn't feel cold and it's cold enough to keep the snow fluffy.
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 7th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 465cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (5th December) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 286cm reported on 20 days January 2016 snowfall 102cm reported on 7 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.