Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 2nd January 2026
- Jan 2
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 209cm
Posted on Friday 2nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It's 9am and right now it is actually quite bright.
A fine morning to be out on the snow.
There was some light snow falling earlier on but that has eased off for now, but forecasts still show the chance of snow continuing through tomorrow.
Again, it looks like areas to the north received more snowfall over the last two days. We need to clouds to come in further south for us to get some significant dumpage.
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Official snow depths:
Ichinose Family
Official snow depth 70cm
Kumanoyu
Official snow depth 70cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
Official snow depth 50cm
Okushiga Kogen
Official snow depth: 70cm
Shibutoge
Official snow depth 100cm
Yakebitaiyama
Official snow depth: 80cm
Yokoteyama
Official snow depth 60cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Friday 2nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base 209cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 46cm (on 27th December) November 2025 snowfall 43cm reported on 8 days December 2025 snowfall 161cm reported on 13 days January 2026 snowfall 5cm 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.