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Our Snow Report for Kagura brings daily updates on the snow conditions, snow depths, piste and offpiste conditions and the number of open ski lifts. The latest Kagura snow report shown below was updated on 11/02/2012. Snow Reports are provided regularly throughout the ski season courtesy of our own network of ski resort managers, the Skiclub of Great Britain and Skiresort Service International GmbH. In addition to the current report on ski conditions, we also provide webcams (including a 4 week cam archive), current live observations from nearby weather stations and also historical snow data for Kagura.

Kagura Snow Report Issued: 11/02/2012
Last snowed:	11/02/2012
Lifts open:	15 out of 22
Snow Depths
Upper slopes:	350 cm
Lower slopes:	290 cm
New Snow at top:
Most recent snowfall:	10 cm on 11/02/2012
Piste Information
On piste:	Excellent
Off piste:	Fresh
Resort runs:	Excellent
Kagura Ski Report
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Kagura Snow Conditions
Powder day!
Reported Weather Conditions
Heavy Snow, Strong winds have led to the closure of some lifts, Temperature: -12° C

*User Snow Reports: these can only be submitted by registered users. If you would like to submit user snow reports, or become a resort manager to make more in-depth updates to this resort's information, please contact us.

Snow Reports from ski resorts close to Kagura
	Distance	Summary Snow Report
Tanigawadake Tenjindaira	18 km	Report Date: 12/02/2012 Lower Depth: 370 cm Upper Depth: 390 cm New Snow: 12/02/2012 Lifts open: 4
Nozawa Onsen	28 km	Report Date: 11/02/2012 Lower Depth: 295 cm Upper Depth: 410 cm New Snow: 11/02/2012 Lifts open: 24
Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama	28 km	Report Date: 10/02/2012 Lower Depth: 160 cm Upper Depth: 230 cm New Snow: 09/02/2012 Lifts open: 10
Shiga Kogen Yokoteyama	33 km	Report Date: 12/02/2012 Lower Depth: 250 cm Upper Depth: 250 cm New Snow: 10/02/2012 Lifts open: 7
Yamagata Zao Onsen	203 km	Report Date: 10/02/2012 Lower Depth: 150 cm Upper Depth: 220 cm New Snow: 09/02/2012 Lifts open: 38

Notes on the Kagura Snow Report

You will notice in the above snow report for Kagura that our reporters have provided information for the piste and offpiste ski conditions separately. If it has not snowed for a week or so in Kagura then, as long as temperatures stay well below zero, the resort managers are often able to keep the piste conditions reporting "good" or even "excellent". Meanwhile, the off-piste conditions can quickly deteriorate to report "varied" as the area gets tracked out.

We stress the importance of checking the date on the Kagura snow report particularly around weekends. For example, the snow report for Kagura on Friday may indicate powder after recent snowfall but following a sunny and busy weekend, when the locals hit the mountains en masse, the ski conditions (at any resort) can deteriorate rapidly and late arrivals may see very different ski conditions. Of course some people look for deteriorating conditions in the snow report for the likely development of mogul fields but for powder lovers and particularly snowboarders this can mean tracked out off-piste snow. Of course, this doesn’t always happen quickly after fresh snowfall particularly at quiet North facing resorts at high altitude where genuine powder stashes may be found days or even weeks later. It is worth checking the piste map for Kagura (found in menu above) for the location of favourable slopes that may be described in the "Kagura Snow Conditions" part of the snow report. In addition to checking the Kagura snow report we recommend that you check the snow forecasts found in the menu at the top of the page along with our ski resort guide.