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Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 12th December 2018

  • Dec 12, 2018
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 10cm

Posted on Wednesday 12th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Morning from Shiga Kogen.


It is relatively mild this morning and right now sleet is falling but there is up to 5cm of fresh snow in places on the ground overnight (I am measuring 3cm).


With the milder conditions it is kind of heavy, but on the bright side of things if it sticks around that should settle down into a decent base.


We are due to have snowfall for the day and later tomorrow too - though some forecasts also show some sunshine during the day tomorrow.


The below information is manually checked for each report.

Official snow depth numbers are as reported by the ski resorts themselves.


Ichinose Family

- Official snow depth: 20cm

- A 370m stretch of lower course is open

- The Ichinose Number 2 pair lift A is operating


Kumanoyu

- Official snow depth: 20cm

- A 600m course area is open

- The Number 2 pair lift is operating


Takamagahara Mammoth

- Official snow depth: 25cm

- The lower part of the main course is open, 300m in length

- The Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift is operating


Yakebitaiyama

- Official snow depth: 30cm

- The 960m long South Course is open

- The Number 4 romance lift is operating


All other areas of Shiga Kogen are closed.



Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Wednesday 12th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 10cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 6 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 3cm (12th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 7cm reported on 4 days




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