Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 27th December 2024
- Dec 27, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 27, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 206cm
Posted on Friday 27th December 2024 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It has turned colder again and we have a nice new layer of snow.
Early morning Yakebitaiyama was reporting 10cm, but by now there will be more than that.
More lifts open now, though looking at the official information on the website gives me a headache. I know all the different places are run by different people/organisations, but there must surely be a clearer way to sum things up.
OK that mini-sigh aside, pretty much all of the terrain from Okushiga Kogen through Ichinose Family and Takamagahara is now available.
Sun Valley and Maruike are now open, but there are some parts not yet open between there and Higashidateyama.
And Kumanoyu and Yokoteyama is almost all open.
With more snow due through tomorrow, I would expect the remaining placed to be open by Saturday. But that is me guessing.
Snow depth data as reported by the ski areas themselves:
Ichinose Family
Official snow depth 70cm
Kumanoyu
Official snow depth 80cm
Nishidateyama
Official snow depth 70cm
Okushiga Kogen
Official snow depth 100cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
Official snow depth 50cm
Yakebitaiyama
Official snow depth: 100cm
Yokoteyama
Official snow depth 90cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 27th December 2024 Total snowfall at base 206cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (22nd December) November 2024 snowfall 24cm reported on 8 days December 2024 snowfall 182cm reported on 19 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.