Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 7th December 2013
- Dec 7, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 11cm
Posted on Saturday 7th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Now this is a bit more like it. Everything is white again this morning, including the roads, and snow is continuing to fall. Not a huge amount, perhaps around 10cm or so, but hopefully we'll get more before it eases off.
A few more resort areas are opening up lifts this morning - details of which I have posted below. It's still very limited at the moment and we do need a decent delivery of snow to open up and really get into the snow season proper here. There's quite a lot of cars coming up to the area this morning with an almost constant stream of vehicles going past my window here near the Maruike area... the slopes that are open might get quite busy today.
Forecast tells us that this snowfall won't last long and there's a chance of some sun tomorrow. The forecast looks good for cold and snow mid week though.
Resorts that are currently part open:
Takamagahara:
Reporting 30cm of snow; -5C at 8am
Takamagahara Number 2 triple lift
Ichinose Family:
Reporting 30cm of snow; -3C at 8am
Ichinose Number 2 pair lift A/B
Kumanoyu (skiers only):
Reporting 30cm of snow; -3C at 8am
Kumanoyu Number 2 pair lift A/B
Yakebitaiyama:
Reporting 40cm of snow; -6C at 8am
Yakebitaiyama Number 2
Yakebitaiyama Number 4 Romance
Yokoteyama:
Reporting 20cm of snow; -5C at 9am
Yokoteyama Number 1 Sky B
Yokoteyama Number 2 Sky
Other resort areas remain closed as we wait for snow.
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Data as of Saturday 7th December 2013 Total snowfall at base 11cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 2 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 10cm (7th December) November 2013 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 10cm 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.