Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 24th January 2018
- Jan 24, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 19cm
Snowfall at base this season 524cm
Posted on Wednesday 24th January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
I am measuring 19cm of fresh snow this morning. It is snowing now and coming down at quite the pace. I think some will be choosing to sit this out - we're still expecting lots of snow over the next few days.
Now to get something off my chest.
I can't quite believe the almost total lack of information on the official Shiga Kogen websites about the eruption yesterday at nearby Kusatsu-Shirane.
While that unfortunate event may well not be affecting the operations of any of the Shiga Kogen ski resorts - which is important information in itself - it was surely close enough to warrant some information.
Surely!
I might well be mistaken but I have tried quickly looking at Shiga Kogen individual ski resorts official sources this morning, and the only one that I can see mentioning this is Kumanoyu. Good on you, Kumanoyu. They are correctly saying that it is not affecting the resort.
I'll go calm down now.
Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Wednesday 24th January 2018 Total snowfall at base 524cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 47cm (4th January) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 276cm reported on 21 days January 2018 snowfall 201cm reported on 18 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.