Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 24th December 2019
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 49cm
Posted on Tuesday 24th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
There is some more fresh snowfall on the ground around the region this morning - down to the valley areas too.
It is quite cold too and the snow quality looks pretty good even if there isn't quite masses of it yet.
Okushiga Kogen are reporting 10cm of fresh though that is not enough for them to open today. Kumanoyu are reporting 5cm and I can add an observed 5cm to my reports.
It is of course Christmas Eve and so expect more people to be around though I don't see any additional areas opening at the moment.
The big holiday in Japan of course is New Year, when all of the resort areas desperately want to be open (obviously!). There's good snowfall forecast for Friday. I am hoping that will be a nice big late Christmas delivery of snow.
These areas are currently part open, subject to change:
- Sun Valley
- Maruike
- Takamagahara Mammoth
- Ichinose Family
- Ichinose Diamond
- Yakebitaiyama
- Kumanoyu
- Yokoteyama
Shiga Kogen Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 24th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 49cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (30th November and 23rd December) November 2019 snowfall 20cm reported on 5 days December 2019 snowfall 29cm reported on 7 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.