Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 8th December 2017
- Dec 8, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 22, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 73cm
Posted on Friday 8th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning!
When I got up it was snowing lightly but as I'm typing this, it is actually coming down rather quickly.
The Okushiga Kogen area of Shiga Kogen is planning on opening tomorrow - it looks like their lower pair lift is moving now but perhaps it's just 'training' for tomorrow. Still, great to see other areas opening up and I would expect (hope) to see a few more lifts operating and courses open tomorrow. It may well depend on how much snow we get over the next 24 hours.
The snow clouds are expected to clear up tomorrow leaving us with generally fair weather over the weekend. And then decent snowfall is due from Monday.
Currently the following areas of Shiga Kogen are part open:
- Ichinose Family
- Takamagahara Mammoth
- Yakebitaiyama
- Kumanoyu
- Yokoteyama
None of the above resorts are 'linked up'/connected.
Planned opening dates of other areas of Shiga Kogen
Saturday 9th December 2017:
Okushiga Kogen
Early December 2017:
Hasuike
Ichinose Family
Shibutoge
Sun Valley
Terakoya
Mid December 2017:
Bunadaira
Giant
Higashitateyama
Ichinose Diamond
Maruike
Nishitateyama
Tannenomori Okojo
Late December 2017
Ichinose Yamanokami
Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 8th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 73cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 16cm (20th and 21st November) November 2017 snowfall 47cm reported on 6 days December 2017 snowfall 26cm reported on 5 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.