Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 21st March 2024
- Mar 21, 2024
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 60cm
Snowfall at base this season 738cm
Posted on Thursday 21st March 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Hello from Shiga Kogen.
As my Myoko colleague said this morning... the madness of 2024 continues.
Another very large delivery of fresh snowfall has blessed our mountains. Here's what ski areas are reporting:
Kumanoyu: 60cm! (as of 7am)
Yakebitaiyama: 55cm (as of 2:30am!!)
My friend (who sometimes gets carried away): nearly 1m
Crazy stuff. It almost feels unreal.
Wind is an issue still this morning and affecting some lifts. It is also affecting snow measurements, but I think that 60cm is representative for this report (though I note that it is perhaps still a bit on the conservative side). Basically: a lot.
This is easily the most snow I have ever been able to record/report for the month of March. And remember, this is coming after very low snowfall during February 2024, when it looked like the season was going to be cut short.
Tomorrow should be calmer.
All this is making for a very complicated and unique season, and Shiga Kogen doesn't seem to be alone in that respect.
Some monkeys from Jigokudani down in the valley this morning (photo below). They seem to be chilling out in the hot water. And why not.
Shiga Kogen Now 2023-2024 season |
Data as of Thursday 21st March 2024 Total snowfall at base 738cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 73 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (21st March) November 2023 snowfall 32cm reported on 8 days December 2023 snowfall 95cm reported on 13 days January 2024 snowfall 259cm reported on 21 days February 2024 snowfall 115cm reported on 15 days March 2024 snowfall 237cm reported on 16 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.