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Madarao Now: Monday 18th December 2017

  • Dec 18, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 34cm
Snowfall at base this season 204cm

Weather overview Sunny

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Excellent


Posted on Monday 18th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


It's a stunning morning. Amazing. Blue skies, fresh snow.


We are really having a treat of an early season this time round.


Resort operations remain the same but I expect more to open up soon - surely by the weekend at the latest. The link up and mountain pass are valid from Saturday, so perhaps that is the target.


The resort is reporting 20cm since yesterday evening but that doesn't include what we got during the day so my number includes that and is well over 30cm. So conditions this morning should be really fine.


Let's Madarao.


Madarao Now 2017-2018 season

Data as of Monday 18th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 204cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 10 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 49cm (on 14th December) November 2017 snowfall 60cm reported on 3 days December 2017 snowfall 144cm reported on 7 days



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