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Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 27th March 2021

  • Mar 27, 2021
  • 3 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 694cm

Posted on Saturday 27th March 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Shiga Kogen.


Snow!


None of the ski areas are reporting any cm of snow from yesterday, but it definitely snowed and I saw 3cm of it. I can imagine there was will be more fresh than that higher up. Nice surprise.


The roads outside my place is dry and clear again this morning.


This weekend is the last weekend of the season for some of the ski areas of Shiga Kogen. We are set to enjoy a calm and bright (hopefully sunny) day.


(We might not be so lucky tomorrow with precipitation - might be rain. We are forecast wind too).


Planned Shiga Kogen ski area operations:


IMPORTANT: SUBJECT TO CHANGE


Sun Valley:

Open until 31st March


Maruike:

Open until 31st March


Hasuike:

Open until 31st March


Giant:

Open until 4th April


Higashitateyama:

Open until 31st March


Happo Bunadaira:

Open until 31st March


Takamagahara Mammoth:

Triple lift open until 31st March

Quad lift open until Sunday 4th April and then on 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th April and 29th April until 5th May


Nishitateyama:

Open until 31st March


Ichinose Family:

Number 2 pair open daily until 4th April (open weekends until 5th May)

Ichinose quad open daily until 5th May


Terakoya:

Open daily until 31st March

3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th April and 29th April until 5th May


Ichinose Diamond:

Ichinose Diamond pair open daily until 31st March and then 10th, 11th April and 29th April until 5th May

Ichinose Diamond quad open daily until 4th April and then 10th, 11th April and 29th April until 5th May

Ichinose Yamanokami pair open until 4th April

Until 5th April and then 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th April and 29th April until 6th May


Yakebitaiyama:

Unconfirmed


Okushiga Kogen:

Number 1 pair lift open until 4th April

Number 4 and 6 pairs open until 5th May (except 5th-9th, 12th-16th and 19th-23rd April)

Number 2 and 3 pair and gondola open daily until 5th May


Kumanoyu:

Number 1 pair until 5th May

Number 3 quad until 4th April and then 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th April and 29th April until 6th May

Number 2 pair A line until 16th May


Yokoteyama & Shibutoge

Possibly until early June!

The section of road connecting the southern area of Shiga Kogen (from Yokoteyama onwards) with Gunma Prefecture is now closed for the season.


It will be closed until 23rd April 2021.


Approach Shiga Kogen using Route 292 from the west (Nagano/Nakano/Yamanouchi)



Shiga Kogen Now 2020-2021 season

Data as of Saturday 27th March 2021 Total snowfall at base 694cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 55cm (31st December) November 2020 snowfall 12cm reported on 4 days December 2020 snowfall 216cm reported on 15 days January 2021 snowfall 233cm reported on 17 days February 2021 snowfall 216cm reported on 18 days March 2021 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days




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