Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 16th December 2025
- Dec 16, 2025
- 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 146cm
Posted on Tuesday 16th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
What a contrast!
After the blizzard and a few more cm to report since yesterday morning, we have much calmer conditions this morning with a lot of blue sky and sunshine.
It often happens like that, but it still feels weird.
There's still not a lot of snow on the forecast for the week ahead. Maybe tomorrow, but don't expect much.
As other reports this morning have also mentioned, we're all going to experience some very mild weather at the weekend.
Looks like a few more runs are available at Yakebitaiyama.
Probably going to need more snow for much more to open up.
There's fun to be had, but operations remain limited.
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The below information is checked at the time of report using official sources
Currently open ski areas in Shiga Kogen (subject to change):
Ichinose Family:
Number 2 pair lift A
Number 2 pair lift B
Official snow depth 50cm
Kumanoyu:
Number 2 pair life A
Number 2 pair lift B
Number 3 quad
Official snow depth 50cm
Takamagahara Mammoth:
Number 2 triple lift
Official snow depth 50cm
Okushiga Kogen:
Number 2 high speed pair
Number 3 high speed pair
Official snow depth: 60cm
Yakebitaiyama:
Number 2 gondola
Yakebitaiyama Number 2 high speed
Official snow depth: 60cm
Yokoteyama:
Number 1 Sky B lift
Number 2 Sky
Number 4 pair lift
Number 5 single lift
Official snow depth 60cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Tuesday 16th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 146cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 days December 2025 snowfall 103cm reported on 8 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.