Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 23rd November 2018
- Nov 23, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 3cm
Posted on Friday 23rd November 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Shiga Kogen where... the ski season has started!
As has, indeed, the snowboard season! :)
So yes the news this morning is that Kumanoyu is reporting a snow depth of 20cm on the slopes (real snow + artificial snow) and they are operating their Number 2 pair lift. 600m of a 30-50m wide course area is open and they plan to be open daily from now on. Snow making machines will help out in that respect as long as temperatures remain low.
We were thinking we might have more snow than we got overnight - just a few cm on the ground in places - but it's good to see everywhere white once again. It would be good if we could remain white but there isn't much snow on the forecast for the coming week beyond today.
Other ski resorts will start opening (hopefully) from 1st December.
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Data as of Friday 23rd November 2018 Total snowfall at base 3cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 2cm (23rd November) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 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.