Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 2nd January 2021
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 18
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 254cm
Posted on Saturday 2nd January 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
It continues to snow this morning but visibility seems fairly decent in most areas. I think we were all expecting more snow than we got, looking at the forecasts yesterday.
Clearer skies ahoy come Monday.
Hopefully it will keep nice and cold so we can get to enjoy all the snow. There's more out there than the official snow depth numbers hint at. Talking about numbers...
One thing I always find a bit weird with ski areas here is how some report snowfall 'since last night', rather than 'since the last time we reported'. Doing that, it feels like they are always missing a chunk of snow off their numbers. Perhaps they don't realise how people follow the numbers so keenly. And perhaps most people don't. But I find these things endlessly interesting, so it seems a bit odd to me that they don't make more of the numbers.
That isn't just Shiga Kogen either. It seems to be a Japan thing. (Or is it a generally accepted 'world' thing?!?)
By the way I'm not saying numbers that are put out there are 'incorrect' (would always avoid such an accusation --- I know what it feels like!)
Official reported snow depths:
Ichinose Family:
130cm
Kumanoyu:
100cm
Okushiga Kogen:
170cm
Takamagahara Mammoth:
130cm
Terakoya:
120cm
Yakebitaiyama:
170cm
Yokoteyama:
115cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Saturday 2nd January 2021 Total snowfall at base 254cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 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 26cm reported on 2 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.