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Shiga Kogen Now: Sunday 19th December 2021

  • Dec 19, 2021
  • 2 min read

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


New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 145cm

Posted on Sunday 19th December 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Hello from Shiga Kogen.


Things are much calmer this morning. Calming down since the afternoon yesterday. We have been left with some really nice snow and a good cover across the mountains too. While Shiga Kogen is still quite a way from being fully open, more is opening up now. Basically Okushiga Kogen along with Yokoteyama/Kumanoyu (both extreme points of the area) are almost all open with the Yakebitaiyama-Ichinose area part open. Still a few parts in the central area yet to open but they should be going by Christmas. As everyone knows, of course, Santa likes to ski all of Shiga Kogen on Christmas Day.


We are actually due more snow later today but perhaps some sun beyond that with more snow around Wednesday.


Sun is great, but regular snow please. And low temps!



Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Sunday 19th December 2021 Total snowfall at base 145cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (18th December) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 87cm reported on 7 days




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