Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 7th May 2019
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 24, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 747cm
Posted on Tuesday 7th May 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
Believe it or not, it has been snowing early morning! (Yes, today is 7th May!)
It was rain, then it was snow. There is no covering or cm of snow to report down here in the Maruike area. Unconfirmed if there is anything more than a dusting on the upper areas of Yokoteyama that remain open, though it does look like there is at least a dusting at Kumanoyu from the webcam images. But... they are themselves not reporting any new cm.
And it does feel like it is starting to clear up - as per forecast. Pretty cold though. And I am hearing that the stretch of Route 292 connecting us with Gunma Prefecture is closed this morning due to this weather.
From today just the Kumanoyu and Yokoteyama areas of Shiga Kogen remain open for skiing and boarding. Note that separate lift tickets are now required at each of those. I have updated the info below with the information that I can currently find this morning. (I am battling to confirm some frustratingly conflicting information regarding lifts at Yokoteyama).
So yes we are forecast clearer weather from this morning and probably mostly clearer skies and often sunshine through until the weekend.
We will post another Shiga Kogen Now update before the weekend with the latest.
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Tuesday 7th May 2019 Total snowfall at base 747cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 77 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 February 2019 snowfall 97cm reported on 13 days March 2019 snowfall 106cm reported on 17 days April 2019 snowfall 60cm reported on 6 days May 2019 snowfall 0cm |
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.