Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 13th January 2017
- Jan 13, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 347cm
Posted on Friday 13th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning from Shiga Kogen.
Another 14cm of fresh snowfall to report this morning as snow clouds remain over the region.
Here in the Hasuike area right now there's a cloud/fog making visibility very limited though I see it is better in other areas (looking at webcams). Snow is falling moderately here at the moment and snow is still on the forecast and set to continue throughout the weekend. Looks like we should be getting a fair bit more before Monday rolls around.
If you plan to be here over the weekend - come prepared for full on winter conditions! Snow should be fantastic if you are ok with such conditions.
Question from reader: how can snow be falling and the snow depths still be so low? Ah, a common one! And I don't know the answer. And as I often say, it's almost ok to ignore the official numbers (I feel) as the resorts somehow never seem to want to increase them too much. The number to keep a track of is my observed snowfall each day... that is how much snow is falling at base - and you can probably add to that for higher up too.
Official snow depths numbers reported by different areas of Shiga Kogen:
Most of ski lifts and courses in Shiga Kogen are now open.
Please note that these numbers are the official numbers that ski resorts publish.
Giant
100cm
Higashitateyama
90cm
Ichinose Family
110cm
Ichinose Diamond
110cm
Kumanoyu
115cm
Maruike
60cm
Nishitateyama
60cm
Okushiga Kogen
110cm
Sun Valley
60cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
110cm
Terakoya
90cm
Yakebitaiyama
120cm
Yokoteyama
70cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Friday 13th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 347cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (24th December) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 215cm reported on 18 days January 2017 snowfall 105cm reported on 10 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.