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Madarao Now: Friday 22nd December 2023

  • Dec 22, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 10, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 8cm
Snowfall at base this season 65cm

Weather overview Cloud and light snow

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Limited


Posted on Friday 22nd December 2023 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Updated below


Some snow last night after a day of (curiously) day of almost clearer weather yesterday. That wasn't quite what we were expecting!


Madarao reports 10cm of fresh snowfall and snow depth of 20cm. Tangram is reporting 15cm.


That's not enough to open, but we are (again) being told to expect more snow today and into tomorrow.


Might we see a big change?


Update at 4:00pm


Madarao has announced that it will be part open from tomorrow (Saturday). The Number 1 lift plans to open from 8:30am with the 500m Paradise run and 1000m Beginners B run available. Both runs will be ungroomed. Hopefully more snow overnight will help things along before tomorrow morning. Depending on how much snow we get tonight, that plan might change.


Tangram has also announced that it will be part open from tomorrow. Number 3 lift is scheduled to open, but, again, there might be more.


We now wait to see how much snow falls overnight! Exciting.


Madarao Now 2023-2024 season

Data as of Friday 22nd December 2023 Total snowfall at base 65cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (on 25th November) November 2023 snowfall 33cm reported on 4 days December 2023 snowfall 32cm reported on 5 days



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