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Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 12th December 2013

  • Dec 12, 2013
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 36cm

Posted on Thursday 12th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Snow is falling this morning and it's all very suitably winter-like.


Snow down to lower valley level this morning with those monkeys at Jigokudani getting snowed on as well. Resorts that are open here in Shiga Kogen are mostly reporting about 10cm of snow, but I reckon we have had more like 15cm so far and it is snowing very nicely at the moment as I write this report at 9:30am.


Visibility poor, a light to moderate wind... and snow. That's about it for now. If the forecast of continued snowfall over the next few days happens, we can surely expect more lifts to be running for the weekend across Shiga Kogen.


Takamagahara:

Reporting 40cm snow depth; -7C at 8:30am

Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift


Ichinose Family:

Reporting 40cm snow depth; -6.2C at 8am

Ichinose Number 2 pair lift A/B


Kumanoyu (skiers only):

Reporting 40cm snow depth; -6.5C at 9:00am

Kumanoyu Number 2 pair lift A/B


Yakebitaiyama:

Reporting 50cm snow depth; -9C at 8am

Yakebitaiyama Number 2

Yakebitaiyama Number 4


Yokoteyama:

Reporting 45cm snow depth; -5C at 8:30am

Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B

Yokoteyama Number 2 Sky

Yokoteyama Number 6

Yokoteyama Number 5


Other resort areas remain closed as we wait for snow.



Shiga Kogen Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Thursday 12th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 36cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 4 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (12th December) November 2013 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days




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