Madarao Now: Friday 18th January 2013
- Jan 18, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 18, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 50cm
Snowfall at base this season 463cm
Weather overview Heavy snow
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 9:50am on Friday 18th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
This reminds me of that crazy period we had last season.
Madarao Kogen reporting 50-60cm of new snowfall this morning. Over half a meter!
It's very cold too and windy, and with the snow coming down in style still at the moment it's pretty wild out there.
Some lifts seem to be not moving yet this morning, no doubt the resort people are trying to uncover them from under all the new snow. But hopefully it will be open as planned soon though those winds may well affect things today.
After today we are expecting clearer conditions. Might even be sunny as soon as tomorrow.
Will definitely be excellent conditions!
Lifts planned to be operating:
Number 1
Number 2
Number 3
Super quad
Number 5
Number 11
Number 12
Number 15
Kids Park
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FreeRide Park
Powder Wave II
Usagi
Riverline
Powder Theater
Adventure
Powder Wave I is closed until 20th January. All other tree courses are open.
Madarao Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 18th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 463cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 240cm reported on 10 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.