Shiga Kogen Maruike saw 211cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, down 34% on last winter. It was the leanest in 15 years.
0
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
9cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 11 Dec 2025.
93cm
deepest basemeasured on 9 Feb 2026.
81cm
snowiest monthJanuary 2026 stole the show.
30cm
best weekseven days from 19 Jan 2026.
71%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
59/100
FairTypically about 110 ski days a season, declining by 18 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The leanest in 15 years.
Snowfall by month
January was the mid-winter peak, with 38% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), EM Snow archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate.