Shiga Kogen Now: Saturday 9th January 2016
- Jan 9, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 154cm
Posted on Saturday 9th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
'10-30cm' of fresh snow sound good? That is what I am hearing from around the areas this morning on mountain though it was 8cm outside my place where I take my measurements. I might have to get out and try to find that 30cm to see if it is real!
It's good quality light snow too so conditions should be pretty good out there this morning.
18 of the 19 ski areas of Shiga Kogen are now at least part open with just the small Kidoike area not open.
Large parts of the resorts are now open as well, with mainly steeper slopes that remain closed.
From today:
- the Higashitateyama Rinkan course is open
- the Terakoya quad and top of Higashitateyama access from Takamagahara is available
- Hasuike to Giant via the left side of Lake Hotel open
- Giant to Hasuike via under-road tunnel is available
So things are shaping up, even if they should have been shaping up sometime in December!
We are expecting clearer skies later on and maybe tomorrow morning but more snow is due later on Sunday and through the day on Monday; hopefully through into Monday as well.
Things are feeling better now! Here's to consistent snowfall this coming week.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Saturday 9th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 154cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 25 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (1st January) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 42cm 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.