Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 3rd January 2015
- Jan 3, 2015
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 292cm
Posted on Saturday 3rd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Nice weather yesterday, snow overnight and it seems the clouds are clearing again this morning with some blue sky opening up in places and the sun shining through. Still cloudy and poorer visibility in some places, but maybe it's going to start clearing in all of the areas. That is what the forecast tells us is set to happen anyway, followed by sun tomorrow and Monday.
There's a fairly strong northerly wind though this morning.
The wind has been affecting parts of Yokoteyama and Yakebitaiyama (Number 2 Gondola) - the Moving Sidewalk at Ichinose Diamond is not moving as well by the looks.
It's another very cold morning in Shiga Kogen.
Resort areas status with official snow depths:
Okushiga Kogen:
130cm
Open (note: skiers only resort area)
Yakebitaiyama:
150cm
Open apart from Expert Course
Ichinose Family
140cm
Open apart from Perfecter Course
Ichinose Yamanokami:
140cm
Open
Ichinose Diamond:
140cm
Open
Takamagahara Mammoth:
140cm
Open
Terakoya:
150cm
Open
Higashitateyama:
100cm
Open
Giant:
140cm
Open
Nishitateyama:
140cm
Most open
Happo Bundaraia:
140cm
Open
Sun Valley:
110cm
Open
Maruike:
110cm
Open
Hasuike:
110cm
Open
Kumanoyu:
145cm
Open (note: skiers only resort area)
Yokoteyama & Shibutoge:
150cm
Open except for Jumbo Course.
Planned night floodlit skiing at Shiga Kogen resort areas this season:
Sun Valley:
January 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd to March 21st
Maruike:
January 1st-3rd, 10th, 11th
Takamagahara Mammoth:
January 1st-3rd
Ichinose Family:
Every day until March 29th
Ichinose Diamond:
January 1st-3rd, 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd until March 28th
Yakebitaiyama:
January 1st-3rd, 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd until February 21st
Kumanoyu:
January 1st-3rd; Every Saturday from January 3rd until March 28th
Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season |
Data as of Saturday 3rd January 2015 Total snowfall at base 292cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 25cm reported on 3 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.