Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 19th February 2025
- Feb 19, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 682cm
Posted on Wednesday 19th February 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Another large amount of snow since yesterday after some clearer periods during the daytime.
It is really snowing heavily right now.
Very early morning Yakebitaiyama was reporting 40cm; the tourism office is giving a big range of numbers (20cm at Hasuike and 70cm at Okushiga Kogen).
Very limited visibility and... well, you've got to be committed to the cause to be out in these conditions!
The heavy snow/wind conditions might generally have eased off by Friday bit there is still a chance that there is some snow over the weekend. It will surely be calmer, though.
"How can there be 70cm of snowfall and the official snow depth number remains unchanged", someone asks. It seems unlikely, right? I think you need to ask the ski areas about that!
Snow depth data as reported by a selection of the ski areas:
Ichinose Family
Official snow depth 190cm
Kumanoyu
Official snow depth 180cm
Nishidateyama
Official snow depth 180cm
Okushiga Kogen
Official snow depth 250cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
Official snow depth 230cm
Yakebitaiyama
Official snow depth: 250cm
Yokoteyama
Official snow depth 245cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th February 2025 Total snowfall at base 682cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (8th and 9th February) November 2024 snowfall 24cm reported on 8 days December 2024 snowfall 207cm reported on 22 days January 2025 snowfall 138cm reported on 19 days February 2025 snowfall 313cm reported on 15 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.