Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 231cm Posted on Sunday 21st December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Strong winds during the day yesterday affecting some lifts. No snow earlier - just cloud and gas - but it has started snowing again now (actually quite heavily in the last few minutes) and fingers crossed we're on for a few days of snowfall that will bring new cm to the area. Poor visibility in places this morning. Yesterday was the first evening of the season when the floodlights were on and some lifts moving. Good to see nighta back! Resort areas status with official snow depths: Okushiga Kogen: 70cm Most open, more open from today (note: skiers only resort area) Yakebitaiyama: 100cm Most open Ichinose Family 90cm Most open Ichinose Yamanokami: 90cm Open Ichinose Diamond: 90cm Part open Takamagahara Mammoth: 90cm Open Terakoya: 110cm Open Higashitateyama: 90cm Open Giant: 80cm Open Nishitateyama: 90cm Most open Happo Bundaraia: 90cm Open Sun Valley: 60cm Open Maruike: 60cm Open Hasuike: 60cm Open Kumanoyu: 110cm Open (note: skiers only resort area) Yokoteyama: 110cm Most open. Shibutoge area not yet open. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Sunday 21st December 2014 Total snowfall at base 231cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 12 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 221cm reported on 11 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 236cm Posted on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Quite a strong northerly wind in areas this morning blowing around the snow that is continuing to fall. It's a bit calmer down here in the Maruike part of Shiga Kogen but still snow falling. Very cold too. Seems quite busy today, and I just remembered a good reason why... it's a national holiday today. The Shibutoge area of Shiga Kogen - the far southern area, connected with Yokoteyama and run by the same folk - is now open. Clearer skies are forecast for tomorrow with a good chance of snow falling on Christmas Day. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Total snowfall at base 236cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 226cm reported on 12 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 40cm Snowfall at base this season 230cm Posted on Friday 19th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . More snow overnight and it's calmer this morning. Lovely conditions in fact. Not only lots of fresh snow for us to play in, but also the sun is out this morning. Keeping cold hopefully for the day. Expected to get a bit warmer tomorrow but possibly windy as well. But we may get more sun to enjoy as well. Snow clouds are forecast to be back in the evening (tomorrow) and snowfall for Sunday. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 19th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 230cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 11 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 220cm reported on 10 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 304cm Posted on Thursday 8th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Another 5+cm of snow overnight and it is still snowing lightly now. As we had hoped it's keeping cold and should continue now like that into next week. It's still quite windy conditions out there which is affecting a few lifts... most noticeably that I can see at Yakebitaiyama where the Gondolas and Number 2 and 3 high speed lifts are on hold early morning. Cloud and snow showers forecast into the weekend, with a chance of more volume snow over Saturday and Sunday. Monday is a national holiday in Japan so we are approaching one of the main peak weekends of the season. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 8th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 304cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 37cm reported on 6 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 294cm Posted on Monday 5th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . It's not as cold this morning, though still way under zero of course. Have to be careful when I say it's not cold as people coming from places where cold is less than +10C have a different view on these things! Cloudy really this morning. Sky and sun later maybe? That's what the forecast tells us. From around Wednesday we expect temperatures to drop once again back down to 'extremely cold' levels though it does not seem to be that we can expect heavy snow. More like just a bit here and there. Regular topups are what we (always) want. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 5th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 294cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 27cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 299cm Posted on Wednesday 7th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Back to cold conditions this morning and it's generally more winter like after the 'blip' that we had yesterday. Less wind too. 5cm or so of fresh snow in places, so we'd really like some more but looks like we'll have to wait until the weekend. Just keep cold this time! Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 7th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 299cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 32cm 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 140cm Posted on Wednesday 17th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . It's snowing heavily in Shiga Kogen this morning as we expected. With wind blowing the light snow around it's difficult to put a number on it, but I'm going to go with 30cm and counting this morning. Some heroic under-reporting from the resorts with some adding 0-5cm to their snow depths. Regular readers will know how that frustrates your friendly reporter! I just don't get it. I'd be shouting out about it as much as I could if I were in the ski resorts shoes. But there you go, it seems unlikely that it will change. Well anyway, conditions should be pretty deep out there this morning. With wind and poor visibility though, it's only for the brave! A few resorts seeing lifts affected by the wind but for the moment things seem to be almost open as planned. As I have said more of Shiga Kogen plans to open from this coming Saturday and this storm will have moved on well before then. Might even get clear and sunny on Friday which would be great. OK so snow and wind forecast to continue all today and tomorrow. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Wednesday 17th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 140cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (14th and 17th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 130cm reported on 8 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 110cm Posted on Monday 15th December 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . 10cm or so of new snowfall overnight and it is still falling. A quite strong wind blowing around as well just now. Local forecasts are for the snow clouds to ease this afternoon, but they'll be back tomorrow with good snowfall but strong winds lined up for Wednesday and Thursday. Lots more of Shiga Kogen should be open from Saturday... almost fully open perhaps? If we get the snow we expect this week I think there's a decent chance. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Monday 15th December 2014 Total snowfall at base 110cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (14th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 100cm reported on 7 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 15cm Snowfall at base this season 292cm Posted on Saturday 3rd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Nice weather yesterday, snow overnight and it seems the clouds are clearing again this morning with some blue sky opening up in places and the sun shining through. Still cloudy and poorer visibility in some places, but maybe it's going to start clearing in all of the areas. That is what the forecast tells us is set to happen anyway, followed by sun tomorrow and Monday. There's a fairly strong northerly wind though this morning. The wind has been affecting parts of Yokoteyama and Yakebitaiyama (Number 2 Gondola) - the Moving Sidewalk at Ichinose Diamond is not moving as well by the looks. It's another very cold morning in Shiga Kogen. Resort areas status with official snow depths: Okushiga Kogen: 130cm Open (note: skiers only resort area) Yakebitaiyama: 150cm Open apart from Expert Course Ichinose Family 140cm Open apart from Perfecter Course Ichinose Yamanokami: 140cm Open Ichinose Diamond: 140cm Open Takamagahara Mammoth: 140cm Open Terakoya: 150cm Open Higashitateyama: 100cm Open Giant: 140cm Open Nishitateyama: 140cm Most open Happo Bundaraia: 140cm Open Sun Valley: 110cm Open Maruike: 110cm Open Hasuike: 110cm Open Kumanoyu: 145cm Open (note: skiers only resort area) Yokoteyama & Shibutoge: 150cm Open except for Jumbo Course. Planned night floodlit skiing at Shiga Kogen resort areas this season: Sun Valley: January 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd to March 21st Maruike: January 1st-3rd, 10th, 11th Takamagahara Mammoth: January 1st-3rd Ichinose Family: Every day until March 29th Ichinose Diamond: January 1st-3rd, 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd until March 28th Yakebitaiyama: January 1st-3rd, 11th; Every Saturday from January 3rd until February 21st Kumanoyu: January 1st-3rd; Every Saturday from January 3rd until March 28th Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Saturday 3rd January 2015 Total snowfall at base 292cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 25cm 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 5cm Snowfall at base this season 277cm Posted on Friday 2nd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . The sun is out! Hiding behind some of the remaining clouds at times, but it looks like things might well clear today. That certainly looks like what will happen generally over the next few days anyway. Clearer skies, not as cold. It's keeping very cold this morning though, helping keep the snow conditions in shape. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Friday 2nd January 2015 Total snowfall at base 277cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 10cm 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 2cm Snowfall at base this season 385cm Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . Mild start to the day here in Shiga Kogen, but snow is falling... we're avoiding the rain that is falling at down in the valley. Not the best snow ever, some 'moisture' going on there, but I'll take it over rain any day. Cloud covering lots of the mountains so generally quite limited visibility this morning. There's a bit of wind blowing as well and it probably feels a bit colder than it actually is. Snow is expected to continue falling today through into tomorrow morning. Weekend visitors might be happy to hear that the forecast for Saturday and Sunday is currently fine and sunny. Should be a good one especially if we can get a decent amount of snow in the next 24 hours. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Thursday 22nd January 2015 Total snowfall at base 385cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 118cm reported on 14 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 20cm Snowfall at base this season 383cm Posted on Tuesday 20th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here . After that day of snow and wind yesterday, conditions continue to be a bit stormy this morning. It has given us a really good reset though and with more snow this morning conditions should be great once the skies clear a bit. Well, great now if you want to brave the current conditions! Some lifts affected over at Yokoteyama are delayed opening because of the conditions but the weather forecast is predicting conditions to improve during the morning and those winds to calm down too. Early start recommended tomorrow because there's a good chance of a sunny start to the day. Shiga Kogen Now 2014-2015 season Data as of Tuesday 20th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 383cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (18th December) November 2014 snowfall 10cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 257cm reported on 16 days January 2015 snowfall 116cm reported on 13 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