Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 20th December 2018
- Dec 20, 2018
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 63cm
Posted on Thursday 20th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
Some decent snowfall overnight!
Yakebitaiyama are reporting 15-20cm; Kumanoyu are reporting 10cm; I am measuring 12cm for my reports.
The snow clouds have moved on for the moment and there looks set to be clearer skies on the cards for this morning.
Look for some more lifts and terrain opening up from this weekend - the Number 1 Gondola will start operating from Saturday at Yakebitaiyama and Ichinose Family is set to et their quad operating. There will surely be more - that's just the info that is out there for the moment.
This weekend is going to see most of Japan experiencing a warmer spell and there's some rain expected. Up here, hopefully we can avoid that and if anything falls it will be snow. We'll have to see. A return to the colder conditions is forecast from later Sunday into Monday.
The below information is manually checked for each report.
Official snow depth numbers are as reported by the ski resorts themselves.
Ichinose Family
- Official snow depth: 35cm
- A 600m stretch of course is open
- Ichinose Number 2 pair lift A / B
Kumanoyu
- Official snow depth: 40cm
- A 1300m course area is open
- The Number 2 pair lift is operating
Okushiga Kogen
- Official snow depth: 25cm
- The Gondola, Number 1 and Number 4 pair lifts are operating
- Part of Number 1 and 4 courses are open
Takamagahara Mammoth
- Official snow depth: 35cm
- The lower part of the main course is open, 300m in length
- The Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift is operating
Yakebitaiyama
- Official snow depth: 40cm
- 2500m Panorama - South Course
- 850m Karamatsu Course
- 1000m Beginner Course
- Number 2 Gondola
- Number 2 high speed lift
- Number 4 romance lift
Yokoteyama
- Official snow depth: 20cm
- Part of the Yokoteyama Number 1, A Course, C Course and Yokoteyama Queen Number 5 courses
- Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B lift
- Yokoteyama Number 4 pair lift
- Yokoteyama Number 5 lift
Other areas of Shiga Kogen are not yet open at time of writing.
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Thursday 20th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 63cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 60cm reported on 10 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.