ShigaKogen Backcountry Tours

It's a very fun tour.

Good Condition

It's sunny day. But, Today is very cold and new snow.

The express bus schedule from Nagano to Shiga Kogen.
http://www.nagadenbus.co.jp/robus/2011fuyu/shigawin.htm
The Shutllebus timetable in ShigaKogen.
http://www.shigakogen.gr.jp/english/snow/shutllbustimetable2011-2012.pdf

ShigaKogen Backcountry Tour

Not ski ares to skate. Very interesting.

Backcounty was held on 26th February.

This event is a tour to go from skiing ShigaKogen to Kusatsu Onsen.

Age without the road, it was the route used by people in the past.

Season of Spring!!

It is a dance of the BUD of tree.
Very pretty.
Cherry blossoms are full-bloomed.

It was very beautiful.

Enjoying seeing cherry blossom was done as with my daughter.
'KASADAKE MIZUBASHOU KOUEN' in KASADAKE.

'TAKAMAGAHARA SITUGEN' MIZUBASHOU .

Flower viola of spring 'SUMIRE'

There is sill a snow in the 'Trekking Course.'
"A FRESH GREEN FESTIVAL " is held on June 13, 2010.

Snow Village

The Snow Village is being held.

Fireworks were also very beautiful on Saturday.

It go au again on the 13th MAR.

Please come to ShigaKogen to Play.

IN YOKOHAMA

It met the friend again after a long time.

It colder in Shiga Kogen though it was cold in Yokohama.

I was glad to meet MEGUMI.

It looks forward to the day when it can meet this time.

Beautiful day!!

What a beautiful day!!

The Mt.Higashitateyama seen in the front is done.

It is possible to slide in ShigaKogen in most areas.

It is possible to slip on saturday this week if there is a snow in the ski area.

Clearing Snow(Shiga-Kusatsu route : R292)

Snow is being cleared.

The wall of a famous snow can be done.
It seems to be low because it snow little this year.

Spring soon

SNOW-REMOVING WORKThe Shiga-Kusatsu route opens on April 22.

It had been closing during winter.

The vist of spring is near.

Another Sunny Day!

It's bright and sunny today in Shiga Kogen!
Temperatures in the morning were about -2℃ in Hasuike.
This is Misumaike (Misuma Pond), known as well as Sankaku Pond, a few hours ago.

Beautiful Sunday!

Sunday ended beautifully! With a blue sky and sunny day...

This is Kumanoyu Ski Area about 4:40 P. M.

Kumanoyu is a Ski only area and has 12 courses from beginners through Advanced skiers and also, has night skiing available.

Pizza Time!

If you are skiing at Takamagahara area and want to have a pizza, you can have lunch at Takamagahara Hotel.

This Bacon & Potato Pizza will be fine for everyone visiting Shiga Kogen.

Or, if you want to try some Japanese flavour pizza or you don't eat meat, you can try this Kinoko Pizza... 5 different mushrooms Pizza!

*Just at lunch time. You can have a look in other options here.

Cold Sunday...

It's very cold for a Spring day in Shiga Kogen.

-10℃ at Hasuike Area and it's impossible to define the weather right now...

some spots of light snow here and there, cloudy in some areas and sunny in others... a beautiful day anyway!

As you can see, the snow is back in Shiga Kogen and the trees are all white again! Just like a winter day.

Enjoy!!!!

A Perfect Saturday!!!

This Saturday doesn't remind us that is already Spring in Japan in any possible way!
The trees are all snowy again, we had some snow during the day and temperatures registered were below zero just like an ordinary winter day!
It was cold Saturday, but sunny and beautiful! At the end of the day, I was told that it was -5℃ on the ski course...

This is Yokoteyama Kid's Park and Kumanoyu Ski Area on the background.

Kumanoyu Ski courses and Kasadake

The summit of Yokoteyama hiden in the clouds, viewed from Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.


An hour later, the summit could be seen perfectly. This is Yokoteyama Sky Lift 1.



This is Mt. Kasadake, viewed from Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.


The Yokoteyama trees are all white again!
Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.

This is the view from the top of Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.

From Yokoteyama Sky Lift 3 the trees are even more snowy!

Shibutoge Area

From the top of Yokoteyama Lift 6 Kasadake is beautiful

This is the Yokoteyama Lift 6

From Yokoteyama Lift 6, you can choose a intermediate course, on the left, or a easier one, on the right.

And that's Yokoteyama main course in the end of the day.

Still winter in Shiga Kogen

The winter is still with us in Shiga Kogen. During the night, we registered -6℃ and 12 cm of fresh snow in Hasuike.

More snow is expected during the day and it's cloud at the moment.

Warm up and have fun!!!

Another Perfect Day!

The day starts with fresh snow in Shiga Kogen, the sun is bright and it's not so cold outside. Couldn't be more perfect! Enjoy!

Fresh snow...

This picture was taken from the same place and day as the picture posted before, at the end of the day. Hopefully, we will have more snow during the week!

This is Hasuike Ropeway Station, 4:30 P. M.

Good news!!!

As we expected, the day started with some snow today in Shiga Kogen.

It was just a light snow about 9 in the morning at Hasuike but it's becoming better right now! Looks like it will be a cloudy/snowy day today... and becoming colder than the previously days. So, if you are planning to go out on the slopes, be prepared wearing warm clothes.

Sunny Sunny Sunny!!!

This is how the sky was in the morning and still is a sunny blue sky day! Some people from Canada came here today to enjoy this beautiful day and go out snowshoe hiking. They decided to walk around Yokoteyama where, on clear days, it's possible to see even the Mt. Fuji. Hope they are enjoying the view right now!