Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 16th November 2017
- Nov 16, 2017
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 6cm
Posted on Thursday 16th November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning everyone.
It's cold. It feels like winter. And, most importantly, it's snowing! There's a thin covering of snow on the ground and possibly more to come during today and tonight. And over the weekend too. Looking good. I'm feeling confident of a fine upcoming season.
And at last - just in time - the official Shiga Kogen has been given an update - and below are the planned opening dates of the different resort areas around Shiga Kogen. Many of them will really just depend on snowfall and will open when they can within the ranges noted below.
You'll notice that Kumanoyu are hoping to get going on Saturday... the day after tomorrow! As well as the natural snow they have some machines busy blasting out some 'artificial snow' at the moment. They are going to be making a decision on that tomorrow, so I will post again later in the day tomorrow with that news.
One bit of news this season is that the tiny Kidoike area won't be part of this winter season. It's been taken off the official maps. It doesn't really make much of a difference as I doubt many people visiting Shiga Kogen will have used it, but still it means that rather than '19 ski resorts', Shiga Kogen now consists of '18 ski resorts'.
Saturday 18th November 2017:
Kumanoyu
Saturday 2nd December 2017:
Yakebitaiyama
Saturday 9th December 2017:
Okushiga Kogen
Late November 2017:
Takamagahara Mammoth
Yokoteyama
Early December 2017:
Hasuike
Ichinose Family
Shibutoge
Sun Valley
Terakoya
Mid December 2017:
Bunadaira
Giant
Higashitateyama
Ichinose Diamond
Maruike
Nishitateyama
Tannenomori Okojo
Late December 2017
Ichinose Yamanokami
The section of the Route 292 road that connects Shiga Kogen with Gunma Prefecture is now closed for the winter season. It is scheduled to re-open from 10:00am on 20th April 2018. The road connecting Okushiga Kogen with Nozawa Onsen is also closed for the winter season.
Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 16th November 2017 Total snowfall at base 6cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (9th November) November 2017 snowfall 6cm reported on 2 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.