Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 29th December 2015
- Dec 29, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 108cm
Posted on Tuesday 29th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen. And yes it is a good one today with some of nice light snow to report to you. Depending on where you are, around 10-20cm of fresh. Outside my place it was 14cm so that's the number on record.
All of the resort areas of Shiga Kogen - apart from the very small Kidoike - are now at least part open, though as you can see from the official snow depth numbers below, it's not 'deep' yet. We still need lots more snow. It has been a really bitty start to the season here (and I see in most other areas as well) and it means that the latest updated information is sometimes difficult to get... some courses opening up during the day without advanced notice. (If you are here the best thing to do is just ask the ticket counters or lift guys for the latest - hopefully they will know!)
Snow forecast for the rest of this morning and hopefully into this afternoon but it's due to ease sometime during the day today.
After some sunshine maybe tomorrow morning, New Years Eve should bring with it some more snow and fingers crossed it will be snowing as we enter 2016. That would be a good start.
The first few days of 2016 are forecast to be slightly milder, but we will of course hope that as is so often the case it will remain cold up here in Shiga Kogen and keep the snow conditions good.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 29th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 108cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 15cm (27th December) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 101cm reported on 16 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.