Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 12th April 2016
- Apr 12, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 568cm
Posted on Tuesday 12th April 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Shiga Kogen.
We had just under 10cm of fresh snow yesterday here in Shiga Kogen. What a lovely mid-April surprise and of course most welcome.
It is another cold morning here but will be warming up more as things return to 'spring like' over the coming days.
We're still over three and a half weeks away from the remaining resorts due closing date. Ichinose Diamond were planning on continuing but their season is now over. Let's see how the coming weeks go... there's some rain expected by Thursday and with the freezing point way above our peaks we can't really expect it to be snow here unfortunately.
Planned late season dates for Shiga Kogen resort areas:
Please note that the below dates are all subject to change and of course dependant on snow conditions (and there's less snow than usual this season).
We'll try to keep this up-to-date with every new report.
Takamagahara Mammoth
The quad lift plans to be operating until Sunday 8th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only until 28th April).
Ichinose Family
The Ichinose quad lift plans to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
The Ichinose Number 2 pair B lift plans to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
Terakoya
The Terakoya lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only until 28th April).
Okushiga Kogen
The Okushiga Kogen Number 6 pair lift plans to be operating until Sunday 24th April.
The Okushiga Kogen Number 2 and 3 pair lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
The Okushiga Kogen Number 4 pair lift plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only until 28th April).
The Okushiga Kogen Gondola lift plans to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
Kumanoyu
The Kumanoyu Number 2 pair A and B lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
The Kumanoyu Number 3 quad lift plans to be operating on 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th April and from 29th April until 8th May.
Yokoteyama & Shibutoge
The Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky A and B lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May.
The Yokoteyama Number 2 and 3 Sky lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 8th May (and perhaps beyond depending on snow conditions).
The Yokoteyama Number 4 pair lift plans to be operating until Thursday 5th May.
The Shibutoge lift plans to be operating until Sunday 8th May (and perhaps beyond depending on snow conditions).
All other areas of Shiga Kogen not mentioned above are now closed.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 12th April 2016 Total snowfall at base 568cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 65 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 204cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 147cm reported on 15 days March 2016 snowfall 97cm reported on 11 days April 2016 snowfall 8cm reported on 1 day |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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.