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Shiga Kogen Now: Monday 18th December 2017

  • Dec 18, 2017
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this season 198cm

Posted on Monday 18th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Brrrrr. It's a very cold morning here in Shiga Kogen.


A beautiful one too.


The sun is out.


Blue skies.


Stunning!


And fresh snow. And very cold.


Really have no idea about the "5cm" of fresh snowfall the official site is reporting.... I am measuring 34cm and I see Okushiga Kogen are reporting 50-60cm. Wind was definitely blowing snow around and there are also of course natural differences in such a wider area, but still!


Maybe more snow tomorrow but there seems to be more sun than snow on the forecast from Wednesday into the weekend.


I notice Ichinose Yamanokami now appears to be open as well as Shibutoge.


Hopefully we might get to 'all open' at least 'mostly open' from this coming weekend.



Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Monday 18th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 198cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (14th December) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 151cm reported on 12 days




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