Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 31st January 2025
- Jan 31, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 27, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 369cm
Posted on Friday 31st January 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
Some neighbouring regions to the north and east have enjoyed some really heavy snowfall numbers. We have some decent numbers too, but maybe not quite as much.
Variable amounts depending on where you are, I'd say around 15cm and upwards. Early morning Yakebitaiyama was reporting 30cm; over there along with Okushiga seem to be where most has fallen.
It is actually quite bright at the moment, with light snow still falling in places.
After a break from this snowfall over the weekend, we should be getting more fresh early week.
We've had some rather complicated weather going on recently, but perhaps we are heading back into a prolonged spell of good old mid-winter goodness.
Snow depth data as reported by a selection of the ski areas:
Ichinose Family
Official snow depth 120cm
Kumanoyu
Official snow depth 100cm
Nishidateyama
Official snow depth 50cm
Okushiga Kogen
Official snow depth 170cm
Takamagahara Mammoth
Official snow depth 100cm
Yakebitaiyama
Official snow depth: 170cm
Yokoteyama
Official snow depth 160cm
Shiga Kogen Now 2024-2025 season |
Data as of Friday 31st January 2025 Total snowfall at base 369cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (22nd December) November 2024 snowfall 24cm reported on 8 days December 2024 snowfall 207cm reported on 22 days January 2025 snowfall 138cm reported on 19 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.