top of page

Shiga Kogen Now: Sunday 18th December 2016

  • Dec 18, 2016
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 129cm

Posted on Sunday 18th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


It is a beautiful start to the day here in Shiga Kogen.


Blue skies and sunshine and we might have more of this over the next couple of days.


Clouds due back mid week along with gradually warmer temperatures too. It might even rain up here before it starts snowing again late week, which isn't something that we like the sound of. We need to get past this upcoming warmer spell though so let's get it out of the way. And lots of snow in time for Christmas please.


Forgive me for not being able to update the below info this morning, I am having some serious connection problems and hope at least to be able to post this report. I don't expect any major changes though.


Areas of Shiga Kogen currently open:


Ichinose Family

- Ichinose Quad

- Ichinose Number 2 Pair A

- Ichinose Number 2 Pair B


Kumanoyu

- Kumanoyu Number 1 Pair

- Kumanoyu Number 2 Pair A

- Kumanoyu Number 2 Pair B


Maruike

- Maruike Number 1 Triple


Okushiga Kogen

- Okushiga Gondola

- Okushiga Number 2 Pair

- Okushiga Number 3 Pair


Sun Valley

- Housaka Number 1 Quad

- Housaka Number 3


Takamagahara Mammoth

- Takamagahara Number 2 Triple

- Takamagahara Number 3 Pair

- Takamagahara Quad


Yakebitaiyama

- Yakebitaiyama Number 1 Gondola

- Yakebitaiyama Number 2 Gondola

- Yakebitaiyama Number 2 Rapid

- Yakebitaiyama Number 4 Romance


Yokoteyama

- Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B

- Yokoteyama Number 2 Sky

- Yokoteyama Number 3 Sky

- Yokoteyama Number 5



Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Sunday 18th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 129cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (11th December) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 102cm reported on 12 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.


SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for.



bottom of page