Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 24cm Snowfall at base this season 789cm Posted on Saturday 5th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Phew, just been out shovelling. It's really cold outside and blowing snow. Good old mid-winter conditions. With 20+cm of snow too on the ground. Yakebitaiyama and Kumanoyu were both reporting 15cm of snowfall early this morning. There'll be more than that by now and I have just taken a 24cm measurement. Visibility is generally poor and in places down to almost nothing. Some lifts may be affected by that. There's snow due for the whole day today and tomorrow too. Monday should see the clouds clear at least a bit and maybe a lot, leaving us with some really great conditions. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Saturday 5th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 789cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 66cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 765cm Posted on Friday 4th February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning from Shiga Kogen. We're enjoying a bit of sunshine right now, in between bouts of snowfall. Not much since yesterday but we're expecting a bunch of snow over the weekend still. Starting tonight. If we are lucky wind won't cause any lift disruptions and we can just enjoy the cold and fine snow conditions. It will be cold though so need to get plenty wrapped up. Bring it on, I say. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Friday 4th February 2022 Total snowfall at base 765cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 42cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 7cm Snowfall at base this season 761cm Posted on Thursday 3rd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Morning. Ended up with some fine weather yesterday afternoon but we're back to snow again this morning. It's not meant to last so perhaps we'll see a similar pattern to yesterday. Visibility generally not too bad either even with the snow falling. Weekend forecast is still for possibly heavy snowfall. Hopefully wind won't be a nuisance but there's a chance it might be. It will be cold too, so be prepared. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Thursday 3rd February 2022 Total snowfall at base 761cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 38cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 30cm Snowfall at base this season 754cm Posted on Wednesday 2nd February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Cold, moderate snowfall and wind this morning with generally poor visibility. It's stormy out there. Some lifts are going to be affected. These conditions are certainly not for everyone, but the snow falling is top quality stuff and once things calm down conditions should be excellent. Kumanoyu and Yakebitaiyama are both reporting 30cm of fresh snowfall and I concur. There's more and there's less in different places - the wind is seeing to that. Snowfall might ease today but there's quite a lot more snow lined up on forecasts. In particular for over the weekend, so if you plan to be here over the weekend come prepared. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Wednesday 2nd February 2022 Total snowfall at base 754cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 31cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 724cm Posted on Tuesday 1st February 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning. It's a fine morning here in Shiga Kogen. Clear blue skies and sunshine, with cold temperatures and associated nice snow conditions. Beautiful. Not going to last long though with more snow due by tonight. We might get a good reset as well, and there's more there on all the forecasts over the weekend. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Tuesday 1st February 2022 Total snowfall at base 724cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days February 2022 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 9cm Snowfall at base this season 723cm Posted on Monday 31st January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Hello from Shiga Kogen. Another 10cm or so in places since the report yesterday morning, though it is (as so often is the case) going to vary where you are. This morning visibility is still kind of limited over at Okushiga Kogen where it is still snowing. Here in Hasuike there is some very light snow falling at the moment. In some places there is a break in the clouds and some blue sky. So another varied mix of weather this morning. But cold throughout the area. There's more snow on the forecast regularly across the coming week so hopefully good winter conditions will continue. As they should, of course, it's not February yet! Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Monday 31st January 2022 Total snowfall at base 723cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 426cm reported on 24 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 714cm Posted on Sunday 30th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Hello from Shiga Kogen on this Sunday morning. It's one of those mornings with a bunch of different conditions going on at the same time. It's bright and even a bit sunny in some places but there is still light snow lingering, even here in the Hasuike area. Perhaps we will get some clearing of the skies again during the day today. Whatever, it should remain cold and conditions should be good. Regular snow on and off over the next few days is forecast to take us into February. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Sunday 30th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 714cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 44 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 417cm reported on 23 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 704cm Posted on Saturday 29th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning from Shiga Kogen. Hey, the sun is out! Blue sky too. Just a few small white clouds remaining. It is a beautiful morning after some early light snow and cloud. There's not a whole lot of new snowfall really, probably more over at the Okushiga Kogen area than most of the other areas of Shiga Kogen since yesterday. In fact, Kumanoyu are reporting 0cm, just a dusting. The snow is due back from later on today (might be tonight) and tomorrow during the daytime. Official snow depth numbers (as reported by ski areas) Higashidateyama Official snow depth: 200cm Ichinose Family Official snow depth: 200cm Kumanoyu Official snow depth: 280cm Maruike Official snow depth: 180cm Nishidateyama Official snow depth: 200cm Okushiga Kogen Official snow depth: 270cm Takamagahara Mammoth Official snow depth: 200cm Yakebitaiyama Official snow depth: 260cm Yokoteyama/Shibutoge Official snow depth: 260cm Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Saturday 29th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 704cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 407cm reported on 22 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 8cm Snowfall at base this season 700cm Posted on Friday 28th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Snowing very nicely at the moment, though because of it visibility is limited. It feels colder this morning to me. If forecasts get it right, the start of the weekend should be much clearer, though more snow is due later on in the day perhaps beyond the lifts closing. In the meantime, more snow today please! A good layer for the weekend would be most welcome. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Friday 28th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 700cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 403cm reported on 21 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 3cm Snowfall at base this season 692cm Posted on Thursday 27th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning from Shiga Kogen. Yesterday was a mild day. It felt a bit like March; more March than January anyway. Feels colder this morning, and it's snowing again. Quite heavily in places, meaning visibility is limited. As of 8am Kumanoyu were not reporting any new cm, but there has might have been some pver there since then. Yakebitaiyama reporting 3cm of snowfall as of 7:30am. This snow isn't expected to continue for long (even though it looks set in for the moment) and there might even be clear skies tomorrow morning. And then some more snow. Feels like we are in a period of bumpy variable weather, hopefully with a proper good old snow storm coming in early February. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Thursday 27th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 692cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 395cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 2cm Snowfall at base this season 689cm Posted on Monday 24th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Hello. Fine weather yesterday and relatively mild with it too. Some light snow overnight but for the moment it's just cloudy with a bit of a foggy feel in places. It's going to be staying on the mild side during the day the next few days before temps dropping down back as we go into Thursday and Friday. That should bring more snow with it too. Official snow depth numbers (as reported by ski areas) Higashidateyama Official snow depth: 200cm Ichinose Family Official snow depth: 200cm Kumanoyu Official snow depth: 280cm Maruike Official snow depth: 180cm Nishidateyama Official snow depth: 200cm Okushiga Kogen Official snow depth: 250cm Takamagahara Mammoth Official snow depth: 200cm Yakebitaiyama Official snow depth: 260cm Yokoteyama/Shibutoge Official snow depth: 260cm Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Monday 24th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 689cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 392cm reported on 19 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 4cm Snowfall at base this season 687cm Posted on Saturday 22nd January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Good morning. Shiga Kogen is a wide area, of course, so you can get quite different weather happening at the same time in different areas. A good example, early this morning it's snowing over at Okushiga Kogen and a lot of cloud around. In other areas, it's blue skies and sunshine. It feels like the clearer weather will win out for today, though. It's a cold start to the day everywhere and there just a light north westerly wind. Tomorrow the forecast is for cloud, then back to sun on Monday. Hopefully a calm week that will let people enjoy the great snow we have this time round. All of the areas will be opening as planned this morning. Shiga Kogen Now 2021-2022 season Data as of Saturday 22nd January 2022 Total snowfall at base 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 39 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 65cm (1st January) November 2021 snowfall 58cm reported on 4 days December 2021 snowfall 239cm reported on 17 days January 2022 snowfall 390cm reported on 18 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com