Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 22nd December 2012
- Dec 22, 2012
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 31, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 64cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Saturday 22nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning from Shiga Kogen, where from today more lifts are open and more connections between the different resorts are skiable. We are still not fully open with steeper slopes and some areas with not enough cover to open yet, but definitely a change with all of the major area now open.
Areas such as Giant and Terakoya opening properly for the first time this season.
Light snow is falling this morning and poor visibility with the mountains generally completely covered in cloud. There's just a cm or so of wettish snow settling on the roads and on tops of cars now. Snow showers on and off over the next few days. Tomorrow night we were due a potential storm but that seems to have been downgraded somewhat on the latest local forecast. Snowfall is still forecast though with colder conditions.
Hope you have a good weekend.
Official resort snow depths as of Saturday 22nd December 2012 AM:
Yokoteyama:
65cm
Shibutoge:
65cm
Kumanoyu:
70cm
Sun Valley:
50cm
Mammoth:
55cm
Ichinose Family:
70cm
Ichinose Diamond:
60cm
Yakebitaiyama:
90cm
Okushiga Kogen:
70cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 22nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 64cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (on 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 2cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 62cm reported on 8 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.