Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 16th February 2013
- Feb 16, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 378cm
Weather overview Light snow and fog
Wind Strong
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Saturday 16th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Strong winds and snow this morning making it a really mid-winter morning here.
A few places are closed (Yokoteyama and Shibutoge, Terakoya, Higashitateyama and Mammoth), waiting for conditions to let them open and some places not fully open with only a few lifts operating. It's difficult to get the updated latest - just called one resort and the guy on the phone couldn't give me a clear answer! - but generally we are on limited operations this morning. The situation will likely change as the weather does.
A real white-out of a morning really with poor visibility as well to add to things.
I reckon the onsens and the Monkey Park down below will be popular choices today!
Tomorrow should be much calmer and it might even be sunny - so should be a good day.
Nighta operations planned for tonight at the following resort areas, depending on weather:
Ichinose Family
Ichinose Diamond
Yakebitaiyama
Kumanoyu
Official resort snow depths as of Saturday 16th February 2013 AM:
Yokoteyama:
220cm
Shibutoge:
225cm
Kumanoyu:
225cm
Sun Valley:
150cm
Maruike:
150cm
Giant:
170cm
Mammoth:
165cm
Terakoya:
190cm
Ichinose Family:
200cm
Ichinose Diamond:
200cm
Yakebitaiyama:
220cm
Okushiga Kogen:
220cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 16th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 378cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 15th January) November 2012 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 126cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 193cm reported on 19 days February 2013 snowfall 57cm reported on 11 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.