Madarao Now: Thursday 22nd January 2026
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 46cm
Snowfall at base this season 433cm
Posted on Thursday 22nd January 2026 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
It's a good morning.
While the ski area is reporting 40cm, I have measured 46cm since yesterday. Excellent.
Snowy, cold... mid-winter stuff that we love. And it should be continuing through the weekend. Personally I'd love it to keep on delivering this amount of snow for 3-4 more days...
Madarao Mountain Resort:
- Fresh snowfall reported by the ski area: 40cm
- Official snow depth: 180cm
- All lifts scheduled to be operating except Number 5
- Main courses open
- Tree run courses open: All except SAWA II, SAWA III and Rabbit
Tangram Ski Circus:
- Official snow depth: 120cm
- All 5 lifts scheduled to operate
Madarao Now 2025-2026 season |
Data as of Thursday 22nd January 2026 Total snowfall at base 433cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 24 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (on 27th November) November 2025 snowfall 26cm reported on 1 day December 2025 snowfall 160cm reported on 11 days January 2026 snowfall 247cm reported on 12 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.