Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 29th December 2018
- Dec 29, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 38cm
Snowfall at base this season 128cm
Posted on Saturday 29th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning.
Heavy snow alert!
This is what we want. This morning Kumanoyu are reporting 50cm of fresh and Yakebitaiyama are reporting 40cm. I am measuring 38cm.
Whatever - loads of fresh snow around as this mid-winter storm continues (and blows the snow around too) - and there's more left in the tank through tomorrow if the forecasts are right.
(So how can resort areas be reporting as little as 25cm snow depth, you may ask? Answers on a postcard to those people please! I'll refrain from telling you my theory!)
More now opening up with all areas now at least part open and most lifts moving... as you might expect as New Year fast approaches.
With another day or two of snowfall, perhaps we'll be close to being fully open.
Resort areas declaring themselves as fully open:
- Kumanoyu
- Ichinose Yamanokami & Diamond
- Mammoth
- Tannenomori
- Okushiga Kogen
That doesn't give the whole picture of course as some of those are small areas - a bigger area like Yakebitaiyama is mostly open and they have all their lifts moving.
Anyway, some more snow please. Let's get into full swing!
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Saturday 29th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 128cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 16 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (29th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 125cm reported on 14 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.