Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 12th April 2017
- Apr 12, 2017
- 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 1157cm
Posted on Wednesday 12th April 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning from Shiga Kogen, where winter-like weather has made a comeback!
Yesterday there were some strong winds blowing about and snow falling. All a bit mad.
It was very wet snow (I think rain is closer) earlier on in some places, but back to snow and there's a lot of cloud and fog around as we approach lunchtime. And wind too.
Not the 'kindest' of weather conditions, for sure. And not the kind of conditions we expect as we approach mid April either.
The official Shiga Kogen site is saying 10cm of fresh snowfall this morning from yesterday. I measured 8cm, so that is what is on the report.
Things should clear up by tomorrow morning at the latest and we should be warming up a fair bit by the weekend.
Official snow depths numbers reported by different areas of Shiga Kogen:
Please note that these numbers are the official numbers that ski resorts publish.
Ichinose Family
200cm
Ichinose Diamond
200cm
Kumanoyu
290cm
Okushiga Kogen
235cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
240cm
Terakoya
220cm
Yokoteyama
275cm
Spring season dates for Shiga Kogen resort areas:
Lift and resort closing dates - it's complicated!
Please note that from 8th May, joint Shiga Kogen lift tickets are not valid - individual tickets from the individual areas will be required.
Takamagahara Mammoth
The quad lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only from 10th April until 28th April)
Tannenomori Okojo
The quad lift plans to be operating from 29th April until 7th May
Ichinose Family
The Ichinose quad lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May
The Ichinose Number 2 pair B lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May
Terakoya
The Terakoya lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 7th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only until 28th April)
Ichinose Diamond
The Ichinose Diamond quad lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May (* Saturdays and Sundays only until 28th April)
Okushiga Kogen
The Okushiga Kogen Number 4 pair lift plans to be operating on 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd April and between 29th April and 7th May
The Okushiga Kogen Number 2, 3, and 6 pair lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 7th May
The Okushiga Kogen Gondola lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May
Kumanoyu
The Kumanoyu Number 1 pair lift plan to be operating until Sunday 7th May
The Kumanoyu Number 2 pair A and B lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 14th May
The Kumanoyu Number 3 quad lift plans to be operating on 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd April and from 29th April until 7th May
Yokoteyama & Shibutoge
The Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky A and B lifts plan to be operating until Sunday 7th May
The Yokoteyama Number 2 and 3 Sky lifts plan to be operating until late May
The Yokoteyama Number 4 pair lift plans to be operating until Sunday 7th May (may be closed on certain days)
The Shibutoge lift plans to be operating until late May
Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Wednesday 12th April 2017 Total snowfall at base 1157cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 90 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (15th January) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 215cm reported on 18 days January 2017 snowfall 485cm reported on 24 days February 2017 snowfall 272cm reported on 21 days March 2017 snowfall 136cm reported on 19 days April 2017 snowfall 22cm reported on 3 days |
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.