Shiga Kogen Now: Monday 24th December 2018
- Dec 24, 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 75cm
Posted on Monday 24th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
Some annoying rain yesterday but let's quickly get onto the good news - fresh snow!
Resorts around the area are reporting 10cm of fresh; my enthusiastic friend reporting 20cm (his numbers are always bigger than anyone elses!).
I am measuring 12cm and hopefully we will get some more during the day today.
Sun likely tomorrow but later in the week there's some really cold conditions along with heavy snow on the forecast. That is looking very good.
More lifts and courses are trying to get open as we play with the snow we got. Most of the ski hills of Shiga Kogen are now at least part open. This morning the Higashitateyama gondola, but the Higashiyama slope is not open yet as there is not enough snow. The Gondola is effectively currently used to get to the (part) open Terakoya and Ichinose areas.
So things remain all a bit dis-connected, but if we get that heavy snow later in the week we should see things opening up pretty quickly.
The below information is manually checked for each report.
Official snow depth numbers are as reported by the ski resorts themselves.
Giant
- Not open yet
Hasuike
- Official snow depth: 15cm
Hoppo Bunadaira
- Official snow depth: 20cm
Higashitateyama
- Official snow depth: 10cm
- Gondola operating but course not open yet
Ichinose Diamond
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Ichinose Yamanokami
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Ichinose Family
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Kumanoyu
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Maruike
- Official snow depth: 35cm
Nishitateyama
- Gondola operating but course not open yet
Okushiga Kogen
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Sun Valley
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Tannenomori Okojo
- Official snow depth: 45cm
Terakoya
- Official snow depth: 10cm
Yakebitaiyama
- Official snow depth: 40cm
Yokoteyama
- Official snow depth: 30cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Monday 24th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 75cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 14cm (15th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 72cm reported on 11 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.