Shiga Kogen Now: Sunday 30th May 2021
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 25, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 702cm
Posted on Sunday 30th May 2021 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
It's Sunday 30th May, and it turns out that today is going to be the last day of the season for the Shibutoge lift... and therefore officially the end of the season for Shiga Kogen ski areas as a whole. Apparently today is the 198th day after their 'pre-open' back on 13th November 2020. That is some good going. Take a well deserved rest folks.
From tomorrow, it is going to be full-on ‘green season’ mode - for those who hadn’t already switched over.
'Spring' has seemed to go on for such a long time this season that I’m actually finding it quite hard to remember what the peak ski season was like. Rather than go back and re-interpret it all, I’ll let the day-to-day archive reports tell the story. You can catch up on the drama of the season as it happened in those reports.
20-21 has definitely been another ‘unique’ kind of season.
I remember some very fine snow conditions. Very good. :)
I also remember some extremely quiet ski slopes. I am always keen on avoiding crowds, but even I was feeling kind of lonely at times this season. While the lucky people who were able to be here could get to enjoy some great conditions, less people around is of course not happy news for the ski areas, the ski schools, the hotels, the restaurants... and everyone both directly and indirectly involved. (Which is pretty much everyone).
As the general message mentions below, it does feel like some of the questions that we have now are the same ones that we were asking a year ago. Will we be getting back to some kind of normal in time for next winter? Will at least some overseas visitors be allowed into the country?
We can only hope and try to remain genki!
We may well be in the middle of an imposed pause on international travel, but the snow still comes and Shiga Kogen is still here, being beautiful. Those are things to be thankful for. And it does look like we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Let's go faster!
On that note, that's it from me. I’d like to thank you for reading the reports this season.
I hope to able to see some of you in person next winter. However all that shapes up, I'll be back later in the year to report on the 21-22 winter season.
Shiga Kogen Now 2020-2021 season |
Data as of Sunday 30th May 2021 Total snowfall at base 702cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 61 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 233cm reported on 17 days February 2021 snowfall 216cm reported on 18 days March 2021 snowfall 17cm reported on 5 days April 2021 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day May 2021 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day |
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.