Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 21st February 2017
- Feb 21, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 50cm
Snowfall at base this season 979cm
Posted on Tuesday 21st February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Wow! I have another impressive amount of snowfall to report this morning.
The official Shiga Kogen website is reporting 55cm. I am measuring (on average) about 50cm, but seriously I would say the wind conditions would make it difficult for two people to agree on a number this morning. But I think mine is probably a fair representation.
It's full on blizzard conditions this morning. Can hardly see a thing, even the building next to mine.
Yesterday the snow was of the more heavy wet kind but it's more Shiga Kogen-like this morning and really coming down right now.
If you really want to be out in this -- not for me! -- I'd check with resorts for the latest as there will surely be a number of lift disruptions due to the wind and blowing snow this morning. It looks like operations are generally quite limited so there's not a full choice anyway.
Once this storm clears though things should be again fantastic.
Only a few of the official snow depth numbers have updated this morning and only by a bit. I think they are probably a bit too busy 'coping' just at the moment.
It's a good problem to have, of course, and far preferable to there not being enough snow. We sure don't have that problem this season!
Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 21st February 2017 Total snowfall at base 979cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 64 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 70cm (15th January) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 215cm reported on 18 days January 2017 snowfall 485cm reported on 24 days February 2017 snowfall 252cm reported on 18 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.