Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 1st January 2016
- Jan 1, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 130cm
Posted on Friday 1st January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
A very happy new year to you all.
And the new year has started off well here in Shiga Kogen, with a 18cm of fresh snow on the ground behind my place this morning. I am hearing from around the areas of up to 30cm falling in places on the mountain overnight which is of course very good to hear.
The Kumanoyu resort are now officially this morning declaring themselves as 'fully open' and I expect bit by bit we will see more runs opening for us today with this fresh snow to play in.
We're still not drowning in snow here yet of course, but it's a good improvement all the same for New Year the skiers and boarders here.
It would be great if we could have a run of days of this kind of fresh snow, but unfortunately it's going to be clearing today and from tomorrow it's still expected to get slightly warmer. Maybe a bit of snow on Sunday night, but after that it is probably going to be Tuesday before the temperatures drop again to more mid-winter levels and we get more snow.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 1st January 2016 Total snowfall at base 130cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (1st January) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 18cm reported on 1 day |
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.