Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 18th December 2025
- Dec 18, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 150cm
Posted on Thursday 18th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It was snowing still early on this morning but has since stopped and it is just cloudy now with generally improving visibility.
Early morning Yakebitaiyama was reporting 6cm of fresh snowfall.
Packed snow on the roads.
Expect sun and mild conditions for a few days beyond today with a return to cold from Monday.
I am hearing that the Shibutoge lift will be open from today (and it shows as 'standby' on the official site).
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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 Thursday 18th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 150cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 17 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (on 12th December) November 2025 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 days December 2025 snowfall 107cm reported on 9 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.