Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 9th November 2017
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 4cm
Posted on Thursday 9th November 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Hello everyone.
It's getting winter-like cold once again up here in Shiga Kogen and, not for the first time this season, it has been snowing this morning!
Not too long now before the ski season gets underway here with the first lifts probably going to be moving later in the month. Kumanoyu are hoping to open on 18th or 19th November, all depending on the weather and snow conditions of course.
I wanted to bring you lots of official new this morning, but -- incredibly -- the official Shiga Kogen website is still in 2016-2017 mode and has not been updated for the 2017-2018 season. You'd think they would be itching to get the fresh information out to everyone come early autumn... but anyway, I hope to be able to bring you more official details next week.
In the meantime, it has been confirmed that the section of the Route 292 road that connects Shiga Kogen with Gunma Prefecture will be closed from 1:00pm on Wednesday 15th November for the winter season. That road is scheduled to re-open from 10:00am on 20th April 2018.
Shiga Kogen Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Thursday 9th November 2017 Total snowfall at base 4cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (9th November) November 2017 snowfall 4cm 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.