Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 29th December 2016
- Dec 29, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 22, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 214cm
Posted on Thursday 29th December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning from Shiga Kogen.
After the snow of yesterday which continued well after my report (see observed new snowfall!), it's a cracking start to today with blue skies and sunshine. The fresh snow, cold temperatures and fine weather all mean that it should be an excellent day out on the slopes today.
I like being able to say that. :)
And, more snow is due tonight and there's semi-regular snow lined up on the forecast for the week as well. I'm feeling good about that too.
As far as I can tell, all areas of Shiga Kogen are now at least part open and there's only bits here and there that remain closed. It seems just 9 of the lifts across the region are not operating this morning. All good, but let's get them going too!
Anyone who has followed my reports in previous seasons will know how conservative the ski hills are here in reporting snow depth. So when there's 40cm of fresh snowfall, for example, often the official snow depths won't budge. My advice is to almost ignore those numbers -- the most important one is how much snow is falling each day.
Shiga Kogen Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Thursday 29th December 2016 Total snowfall at base 214cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (24th December) November 2016 snowfall 27cm reported on 5 days December 2016 snowfall 187cm 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.