Shiga Kogen Now: Wednesday 30th January 2019
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 484cm
Posted on Wednesday 30th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
The sun is out and it's a beauty of a morning. Good and cold too. Quite the contract to yesterday morning.
Resorts are reporting any more snow but there was most definitely snow falling since the morning yesterday - and that is what I am reporting (none overnight).
The snow clouds are due back by tomorrow.
The below information is manually checked for each report.
Official snow depth numbers are as reported by the ski resorts themselves.
Giant
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Hasuike
- Official snow depth: 140cm
Hoppo Bunadaira
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Higashitateyama
- Official snow depth: 220cm
Ichinose Diamond
- Official snow depth: 230cm
Ichinose Family
- Official snow depth: 230cm
Ichinose Yamanokami
- Official snow depth: 230cm
Kumanoyu
- Official snow depth: 185cm
Maruike
- Official snow depth: 140cm
Nishitateyama
- Official snow depth: 190cm
Okushiga Kogen
- Official snow depth: 230cm
Sun Valley
- Official snow depth: 150cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
- Official snow depth: 230cm
Tannenomori Okojo
- Official snow depth: 180cm
Terakoya
- Official snow depth: 200cm
Yakebitaiyama
- Official snow depth: 250cm
Yokoteyama
- Official snow depth: 185cm
Planned night time operations at the Shiga Kogen ski areas are as follows. Please note that separate lift tickets are required.
Ichinose Diamond
Every Saturday until 23rd March 2019
10th February 2019
Quad lift
6:30pm until 9:00pm
Ichinose Family
Daily until 23rd March 2019 (except Mondays and Tuesdays)
Number 2 pair B lift
6:30pm until 9:00pm
Kumanoyu
Every Saturday until 30th March 2019
10th February 2019
20th March 2019
Number 1 pair lift
6:30pm until 9:00pm
Sun Valley
Every Saturday until 2nd March 2019
10th February 2019
Number 1 quad lift
7:00pm until 9:00pm
Yakebitaiyama
Every Saturday until 2nd March 2019
10th February 2019
Number 3 high speed lift
6:00pm until 8:00pm
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Wednesday 30th January 2019 Total snowfall at base 484cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (27th January) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 169cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 312cm reported on 23 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.