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Madarao Now: Friday 13th January 2017

  • Jan 13, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 309cm

Weather overview Snow

Wind Varied

Temperature -

Visibility Limited


Posted on Friday 13th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Morning from Madarao.


And it's another good one with a good layer of fresh snow, more falling and more on the way over the weekend.


The resort is reporting 20-30cm of fresh on the mountain as of 8am, and I just measured 23cm... with more being added pretty quickly.


Very nice.


What more is there to say? Just if you are planning a weekend visit to Madarao, be ready for very snowy conditions. If that's your bag, you'll be in for a treat.


The next time we see the sun will probably be early next week.


Operating status for the day at Madarao Kogen (at time of report):


- Number 1 lift

- Number 2 quad lift

- Number 3A lift

- Super quad lift

- Number 11 lift

- Number 12 lift

- Number 13 lift

- Number 15 lift

- Moving walkway

- Kids Park

- Freeride Park


- Powder Theater

- Adventure Aisle

- Crystal Bowl

- Ninja

- Rabbit

- Kamoshika

- Bear


- Nighta at Madarao Kogen is every Saturday until 25th March (and also 8th January and 19th March)


Official snow depth:


- 160cm


Madarao Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Friday 13th January 2017 Total snowfall at base 309cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 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 89cm reported on 9 days



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