Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 19th December 2015
- Dec 19, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 50cm
Posted on Saturday 19th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Pretty wild blizzard like conditions earlier on this morning. There's fresh snow on the ground - depending on where you are and how much the wind has got hold of it anywhere between 5-20cm. Outside my place there's 14cm.
Right now snow is still falling lightly and there's limited visibility out there. It's cold too, feels very wintery.
For the first time this season, the Sun Valley are is open this morning and a few more small changes as noted below. We need more snow to really get things kicking off though.
After today a clear up in weather conditions is expected for a few days perhaps. The next significant snow event it would seem will be with us just before and over Christmas...
Resort areas that are currently open:
Ichinose Family
Number 2 Pair A line and Number 2 Pair B line lifts are operating
Courses open:
Ichinose Family Front course (lower part)
Kumanoyu
Kumanoyu Number 2 Pair AB line is operating
Part of Kumanoyu Number 2 Umanose Course, Kumanoyu Number 2 beginner course and Kumanoyu Number 4 Beginner courses are now open
Sun Valley
Housaka Number 2 pair lift is operating
Part of the main gelende is open
Takamagahara
Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift is operating
The lower course area is open
Yakebitaiyama
Yakebitaiyama Number 2 high speed and Yakebitaiyama Number 4 romance lifts are operating
Part of the South Course (960m) and Karamatsu Course (850m) are open
Yokoteyama
Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B Line, Yokoteyama Number 2 Sky, Yokoteyama Number 3 Sky and Yokoteyama Number 5 lifts are operating.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 19th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 50cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (19th December) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 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.