Madarao Now: Tuesday 16th December 2025
- Dec 16, 2025
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 104cm
Posted on Tuesday 16th December 2025 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Madarao.
In a contrast with yesterday, we have blue sky and sunshine this morning.
We might be blessed with some more snow later tomorrow, but back to clearer conditions beyond that.
And then some very mild temps on Saturday and Sunday.
Let's hope Santa brings some heavy snow with him next week.
Note: It is unclear if the Number 5 lift at Madarao is still moving moving. (It's showing as closed on the official site at the time of this report; but the site is also still saying that 3 lifts are operating).
Tangram's latest news is this:
"Pre-opening scheduled for December 13, 2025!! Detailed information will be released in due course."
(Sigh!)
If the "operation status" page is to be believed, the Number 3 quad is still open over on that side of the mountain.
Madarao Mountain Resort:
- Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area: 0cm
- Official snow depth: 60cm
- Number 1 lift
- Number 2 quad lift
- Number 5 lift (status unconfirmed)
- 9 courses open
- Tree run courses open: Not open
Tangram Ski Circus:
- Special 'pre-open' status
- Number 3 quad lift
Madarao Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Tuesday 16th December 2025 Total snowfall at base 104cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 26cm (on 19th November) November 2025 snowfall 26cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 78cm reported on 7 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.