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Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 14th March 2017

  • Mar 14, 2017
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 1039cm

Posted on Tuesday 14th March 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Things feel a bit more 'winter' this morning.


We are engulfed in some rather foggy conditions early on with snow falling as well - just about 2cm on the top of my car at the moment.


We're still looking for snowfall tomorrow too, perhaps even a decent amount tomorrow night...


Official snow depths numbers reported by different areas of Shiga Kogen:


Please note that these numbers are the official numbers that ski resorts publish.


Giant

250cm


Higashitateyama

280cm


Ichinose Family

280cm


Ichinose Diamond

280cm


Kumanoyu

340cm


Maruike

220cm


Nishitateyama

280cm


Okushiga Kogen

290cm


Sun Valley

220cm


Takamagahara Mammoth

280cm


Terakoya

280cm


Yakebitaiyama

290cm


Yokoteyama

310cm



Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Tuesday 14th March 2017 Total snowfall at base 1039cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 74 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 40cm reported on 6 days




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