Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 14th December 2017
- Dec 14, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 22, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 38cm
Snowfall at base this season 137cm
Posted on Thursday 14th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Brilliant.
Well, stormy. It will be brilliant once this passes.
Lots of wind blowing fine snow around here in Maruike this morning with a decent amount of fresh snow on the ground. I called a few friends around the area. One said 40cm, the other said 30cm. I'm measuring 38cm of fresh. Whatever number you choose to enjoy, it's a lot of fresh snow on the slopes around the region.
The 9cm being reported by the official site seems... low.
Anyway the snow should be continuing, perhaps easing off later on today.
I would expect more lifts and courses opening for the weekend and will try to gather more information for my report tomorrow.
Currently the following areas of Shiga Kogen are part open:
- Ichinose Family
- Takamagahara Mammoth
- Yakebitaiyama
- Okushiga Kogen
- Kumanoyu
- Yokoteyama
None of the above resorts are 'linked up'/connected.
Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 14th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 137cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 90cm reported on 9 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.