Madarao Now: Tuesday 10th January 2017
- Jan 10, 2017
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 5, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 259cm
Weather overview Cloud and light snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted on Tuesday 10th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
Morning from Madarao.
I'm measuring 5cm of fresh snowfall this morning; the resort itself is reporting 5-10cm on the slopes.
It's a cloudy/foggy start to the day. Light snow has been falling this morning but as I write seemingly easing off. The snow should be back properly later today though and that good-looking forecast I was talking about is still looking good for a snowy week. Perhaps the biggest snowfall can be expected around Friday-Saturday but I hope that I'll be reporting new snowfall every day from now at least into next week...
Operating status for the day at Madarao Kogen (at time of report):
- Number 1 lift
- Number 2 quad lift
- Number 3A lift
- Number 5 lift
- Super quad lift
- Number 11 lift
- Number 12 lift
- Number 13 lift
- Number 15 lift
- Moving walkway
- Kids Park
- Snow Mobile Land
- Free ride Park
- Powder Theater
- Adventure Aisle
- Crystal Bowl
- Ninja
- Rabbit
- Bear
- Nighta at Madarao Kogen is every Saturday until 25th March (and also 8th January and 19th March)
Official snow depth:
- 130cm
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A follow up to the message we posted yesterday
Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who sent us messages of support and comments following the message that we posted on the report pages yesterday.
It was really encouraging to read all the sincere comments that we have received. And from so many people as well. Must admit, we were a bit shocked at the response! We really appreciate it.
Some people asked what they can do to help us. Probably the biggest help is to simply let other people know about SnowJapan and what we do. Either by just telling friends who might be interested, or by posting a link to any page within SnowJapan.com (links are a big help; no need to ask). While we are already highly discoverable on these here internets, believe it or not there are still folk out there who haven’t found us! ;)
Again, thank you very much for your comments and support and sorry that we can’t reply to them all individually.
Madarao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Tuesday 10th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 259cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (on 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 9cm reported on 4 days December 2016 snowfall 211cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 39cm reported on 6 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Madarao. 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.